Sungji Hong
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Sungji Hong (Korean: 홍성지) (b. 1973) is a South Korean composer of contemporary music, based in the United States. Her work Missa Lumen de Lumine, a setting of the Roman-rite Catholic Mass ordinary for three voices, was written for Trio Mediæval in 2002.[1] The trio recorded it in 2005. In a review for The Gramophone, Ivan Moody found it "rather a fragmentary affair", though with "some dazzling moments".[2]
Sungji Hong[3] received a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship,[4] a 2022 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters,[5] and a 2024 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship.[6] She has received commissions from the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago,[7] the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University,[8] the National Flute Association,[9] the Texas Flute Society,[10] the MATA Festival,[11] the Tongyeong International Music Festival, the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation,[12] the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ensemble TIMF. She was the Manson Fellow of Composition at the Royal Academy and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in London.[13]
She pursued her Ph.D. in composition at the University of York under the supervision of Nicola LeFanu, supported by the Vinson Award and the Chevening Scholarship.
Hong is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at the University of North Texas.[14]
Education
- University of York, PhD in Music Composition (2000–2004) Studied with Nicola LeFanu, John Stringer, and Thomas Simaku
- Royal Academy of Music, MMus in Composition (1998–2000) Studied with Paul Patterson and Robert Saxton
- Hanyang University, BMus in Composition (1993–1997) Studied with Kyungsun Suh
