Il-Ryun Chung

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Il-Ryun Chung was born in Frankfurt/M. in 1964. From 1967 to 1971 he lived inSeoul/Korea. Chung's musical development began rather late, at the age of 16, when he taught himself to play the guitar. In 1984 he went to Berlin, where he found his first teacher and supporter, Carlo Domeniconi. From 1989-1995 he completed his studies in composition at the Berlin University of Arts (HdK Berlin) with Prof. Jolyon Brettingham-Smith. A further encounter of great significance was his acquaintance with the Korean master drummer Kim Duk-Soo,who introduced Chung to Korean percussionmusic and thus made a lasting impression upon Chung's rhythmic perception. From the very beginning, the collaboration between composer and interpreter has been central to the working out of Chung's compositions, which despite acute concern for idiomatic instrumental writing always place the highest technical demands upon the performers.Concertizing as solo guitarist, chamber musician and drummer for traditional Korean Music remains an integral part of Chung's musical life. In the year 2000 he founded together with Jocelyn Clark the Ensemble IIIZ+" for contemporary and classical asian music. Together with the violinist Matthias Leupold he founded in 2007 also the "Duo Berlin Strings & Percussuion for violin, guitar and korean percussion instruments, In 1992 he received a composition stipend from the the Berlin Senate, 1993 he received a composition commission. 1994 he was awarded at the Berlin Festival for Gu

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