photo by Inu Nah

Emerging as one of the most influential experimental Daegeum(Korean transverse bamboo flute) artists, Seungmin Cha was trained in traditional music and its discourse. A graduate of the School of Music at Seoul National University, Ms. Cha has developed her career as a solo Daegeum artist, the director of her music ensemble Shiro as well as composer. She is performing both solo and in bands as part of the indie music scene of Seoul’s Hongdae neighborhood. Her performances incorporate traditional (jeongga and minyo), indie, experimental elements. You can see the evolution of Gugak (Korean traditional music) through her as a traditional music performer, who is at the same time, a contemporary composer and independent musician in the underground scene. She received a prestigious Asian Cultural Council fellowship in 2016 and stayed in NYC for 6 months with ACC’s support.

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Recital

  2019 Seungmin Cha Solo album release showcase, Saenggi studio, Korea

  2017 Seungmin Cha x Seonguk Lee – Eye Gate, Whatever Hall, Korea

  2016 Seungmin Cha x Yeonkeong Oh duo – SOSOJUDAM , Theater Veloso, Korea

  2015 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – Alleyway Fantasy2 – Around a street corner, Theater Veloso, Korea

  2014 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – Alleyway Fantasy, Theater Veloso, Korea

  2013 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – Sumuk Garden, Changwoo theater, Korea

  2011 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – What flower wants to say, Changwoo theater, Korea

  2010 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – Jiyong and Sowol, LIG Art center, Korea

  2009 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ – Sing with Poems, Changwoo theater, Korea

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Performance

  2013 Music Exhibition

  – No.9 – These are the Things that I Threw Away but Couldn’t Bear to Do So

  part 1 : Memories of broken heart(Oct.26th 10am-6pm @ Museum of Art, Seoul National Univ.)

  part 2 : Mourning and Separation(Nov.23rd 10am-6pm @ Museum of Art, Seoul National Univ.)

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Release

  2019 Seungmin Cha solo : Nuunmuun

  2018 Junyi Chow & Seungmin Cha : A traveler’s Portrait

  2017 Seungmin Cha x Yeonkyeong Oh duo : SOSOJUDAM

  2016 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ 3rd : Alleyway Fantasy-Around a street corner

  2015 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ 2nd : Alleyway Fantasy

  2011 Seungmin Cha project ‘Shiro’ 1st : What flower wants to say

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Education

  2005 B.A. Korean Music Department of Seoul National University

  1998 Korean Traditional Music National High School

  1995 Korean Traditional Music National Middle School

  study under Kyuil Hwang, Sambum Choi, Inwan Hwang

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Residencies

  2017 Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, Artist-in-Residence, NYC

  2011 Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation program, Artist-in-Residence, NYC

  2010 Korea Arts Management Service program, Artist-in-Residence, NYC

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