Sunghyun Lee - 2 Etude-Fantasies : No.2, Glassy, Glossy, Gliss! for Pianoforte (2017, Rev. 2021)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Pianoforte : Sunmin Park

Performed at Seoul National University

2 Etude-Fantasies : No.2, Glassy, Glossy, Gliss! for Pianoforte (2017, Rev. 2021)

Sunghyun Lee - Andante Luminoso I per Ottavino, Violino e Violoncello(2020/2021)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Appassionato Ensemble:
Ileana De Santis, ottavino
Davide Moro, violino
Umberto Pedraglio, violoncello

Performed at Villa Olmo, Como, Italy

I've been writing about night and light.
This is my 8th work written with thoughts and illusions about light.

Particularly In this piece, I wanted to use small melodies in extreme high registers, with limited pitch materials and fixed overtones, also with simple and transparent harmonies.

The overall sound world mainly goes back and forth between noise and clear pitches. I expect the harmonies and small melodies that occur briefly between them, could create a unique lyricism.

Andante Luminoso I per Ottavino, Violino e Violoncello (2020/2021)

Sunghyun Lee - Night Suite I (Version II) for 11 Players : Whole Movements (2021)

I. Dances of the Stars 
II. Fragments of the Neonlights 
III. Dreaming Clouds 
IV. Whispering Darkness

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Pasquale Corrado

Violin I : Giada Visentin
Violin II : Egida Zeneli
Viola : Leonardo Taio
Cello :  Luigi Visco
Pianoforte : Alessandro Simoni
Flute : Antonio Sartini 
Oboe : Laura Piras
Clarinet : Edoardo Mancini
Bassoon : Lorenzo Drago
Horn : Jacopo Maggi
Percussions : Gabriele Genta

Performed at Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy
Teatro Studio Borgna

This piece is consisted of 4 movements:

I. Dances of the Stars 
II. Fragments of the Neonlights 
III. Dreaming Clouds 
IV. Whispering Darkness

As a composer who lives in Seoul and mainly works at night, 
translating the various elements of the night into music was always interesting for me. 
In particular, the contrast between the image of a busy city and the image of quiet nature,
and the various fantasies of stars and lights of the city made me to write this work.

Mercoledi 9 Giugno 2021 ore 17

Concerti di Diploma
"Note Contemporanee"
Corso di perfezionamento di Composizione
Docente Maestro Ivan Fedele

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Alta Formazione
Anno Accademico 2020/2021

Night Suite I (Version II) for 11 Players : Whole Movements (2021)

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 
No.1 <Der Zauberlehrling> (2021)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee
Pianoforte : Sunmin Park
Conductor : Youngseon Choi
Performed by Millennium Symphony Orchestra, Seoul, Korea

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.1 <Der Zauberlehrling> (2021)

Sunghyun Lee - Suite Geometrica for 16 Players : Whole Movements (2022)

I. Zigzag Toccata
II. Distorted Arabesques
III. Kinematic Sonata

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Clement Power

Performed by Ensemble TIMF

Commissioned by Tongyeong International Music Festival 2022

Suite Geometrica for 16 Players : Whole Movements (2022)

Sunghyun Lee - Suite Geometrica for 16 Players : Whole Movements (2022)

I. Zigzag Toccata
II. Distorted Arabesques
III. Kinematic Sonata

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Clement Power

Performed by Ensemble TIMF

Premiered at Tongyeong International Music Festival 2022
Music Director : Unsuk Chin

Suite Geometrica for 16 Players : Mov.II Distorted Arabesques (2022)

Suite Geometrica for 16 Players : Mov.III Kinematic Sonata (2022)

Sunghyun Lee - Dreaming Shengs I for String Trio (2021)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Performed by Ensemble Hanui-Baram, South Korea

Performed at 42th Pan Music Festival, Seoul, South Korea

Dreaming Shengs I for String Trio (2021)

Sunghyun Lee - Danse Mécanique pour Quatuor à cordes (2023)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Performed by Quatuor Bozzini, Montreal, Canada

Performed at Time of Music Festival, Parish Hall, Viitasaari, Finland

9th July, 2023

Danse Mécanique pour Quatuor à cordes (2023)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Suite Geometrica, for 16 players (2022, rev. 23)

00:00  I. Zigzag Toccata
08:16  II. Distorted Arabesque
14:36  III. Kinematic Sonata

Kamariorkesteri Avanti!
Bas Wiegers, conductor

Finnish Première, 30 June 2023, Avantin Suvisoitto '23

Avantin Suvisoitto '23

https://avantimusic.fi/suvisoiton-ohjelma

Suite Geometrica for 16 Players (2022, Rev. 23, Avanti! Festival Recording)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Contraflux I for Flute Solo (2025)

Hwajune Kim, Flute

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf

Contraflux I for Flute Solo (2025)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Journey to the Stillness for Two Violins (2025)

Wonjay Seo and Suvd Enkhtuvshin (Violin)

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf

Journey to the Stillness for Two Violins (2025)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Jardin des Voyelles II pour Soprano seule (2025)

Soprano: Chorong Kim

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf

Jardin des Voyelles II pour Soprano seule (2025)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Paillons Libres pour Piano (2025)

Piano: Sunghyun Lee

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf


Paillons Libres I pour Piano (2025)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Usch... for Violoncello Solo (2025)

Violoncello: Uschik Choi

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf

Usch... for Violoncello Solo (2025)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Abegg-Games II for Pianoforte (2023)

Pianoforte: Sunghyun Lee

Partika-Saal, RSH Duesseldorf

Abegg-Games II for Pianoforte (2023)

Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation (1977)

Sunghyun Lee (Piano)
Yejune You (Electronics)
Lukas Döhler (Violin)
Hwajune Kim (Flute)
Bastián Jorquera Figueroa (Slide whistles)

RSH Duesseldorf,
Part of IEMA-Elective Projects

(1st Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(3rd Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(6th Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(5th Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(4th Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(7th Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

(2nd Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Études d'improvisation

M'Illumino D'immenso : Chamber Opera (2024)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Conductor: Dorian Todorov Dimitrov 
Scene: Beka Savic 

Cast:  
Joowon Kim (Claude Vivier)
Grantas Šileikis (Man in the Darkness, Vivier-Doppelgänger)
Mathias Vieira Tönges (Messenger of Death, Narrator)

Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf 
Deutsche Oper am Rhein

CONTENTS
I. Overture
II. Song in the Darkness
III. Suicidal Impulses
IV. I'm so sick of...
V. Words in the mirror
VI. Lonely Child

Music by Sunghyun Lee
Libretto by Sunghyun Lee, Claude Vivier

Written for Opera Project of Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf,
Alla Breve 2024

World Premiere :
October 20th, 2024
Maxhaus Düsseldorf - Katholisches Stadthaus

M'Illumino D'immenso : Chamber Opera (2024)

(Whole Mov.) Luc Ferrari - Sunghyun Lee : Études d'improvisation (1977)

Sunghyun Lee (*1995)
Jardin des Voyelles I pour Ténor, Baryton, Basse et Trois Instrumentistes (2024)

Conducted by Léo Warynski
Performed by Les Métaboles and Ensemble Multilatérale

Ténor: Marco Van Baaren
Baryton: Paul Alexandre Dubois
Bass: Marc Busnel 

Harp: Aurélie Saraf 
Percussion: Hélène Colombotti
Piano: Lise baudouin

Solitär, Universität Mozarteum Salzburg

Jardin des Voyelles I pour Ténor, Baryton, Basse et Trois Instrumentistes (2024)

I.
II. (06:40)
III. (13:55)

Performed by Quatuor Voce

Performed at Studio Ernest-Ansermet
Radio Suisse Romande, Geneva

  I composed String Quartet “Moment Etincelant” in 2014. This work is very meaningful to me. First, this is my first work in my university days done without taking any lesson. Second, this is my first pure “String Quartet” work. 
  When I composed this piece, I thought about the movements of light. This piece was created in my agonizing how to translate the movements of light into music, such as refraction, distortion, reflection, and wavelength. Accordingly, almost every parameter of music has been determined in a way to musicalize the various characteristics of light. 
  This music frequently flows with sound effects and gestures. Sometimes those gestures are gradually enlarged and shortened, I composed each gesture like the “Theme” of   traditional classical music. The form of music grows by lots of variations and transfigurations of those gestures, and I tried to make music which can be observed in various angles by using shapes of endless movements. And, I tried sudden switches of scenes and “accidental form” because I want to deliver direct and physical sounds to listeners by using deviation and destruction from continuous variation and systemic form.
  Three movements consist in one common motive, and this motive consists in tone materials from sound’s overtone effects. I wanted to make maximum reverberation from String Quartet with those motives and overtone effects. And, in every three movement, the four instruments often became one or two imaginary “hyper–instruments”. For example, they became floating sound structure by microtonal glissandos. Also, they became sound fragments by regular and rhythmical movements.

Moment Étincelant pour Quatuor à Cordes (2014)

Sunghyun Lee - 2 Etude-Fantasies : No.1, Colors of Blues 
for Pianoforte (2016, before Revision)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Pianoforte : SeungAh Lee

Performed at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts

2 Etude-Fantasies : No.1, Colors of Blues for Pianoforte (2016, before Revision)

Sunghyun Lee - Colorplay : No.6, Glassy, Glossy, Gliss! 
for Pianoforte (2017, before Revision)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Pianoforte : Hea-Jung Cho

Performed at Concert hall, Seoul National University

Glassy, Glossy, Gliss! for Pianoforte (2017, before Revision)

Sunghyun Lee - Maximum Mixtures 
for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello (2016)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

I. Overlap - Breakup - Overlap - Breakup...
II. Juxtapose?

   This piece is a “compositional practice” to me. While I was studying some works of C.Debussy and I.Stravinsky, I decided to write a piece which is searching for certain techniques and languages – using vocabularies of 20th century  music. 
   So in 1st movement I want to deal with the “superposition“ and ”dissolution“ and in 2nd movement (which is still composing now) with the ”juxtaposition“ and ways of ”themetic“ development.

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Sol Chin

Flute : Areum Han
Clarinet : Yang-JI Baek
Violin : Jiwon Kim
Violoncello : Seungwon Jung

Performed at Seoul Arts Center

2018 Korean Composition Festival V

Maximum Mixtures for Flute, Clarinet, Violin and Violoncello(2016)

Eléments Élastiques pour Orchestre (2016) 
(Sketch, SPO Reading Session)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

I. Prologue - Scales and Overtones

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Antony Hermus

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
(Everyone is Sight - Reading!)

Eléments Élastiques pour Orchestre (2016, Sketch, SPO Reading Session)

Sunghyun Lee - Onde I for Six Players (2020)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Yoonhak Baek

Performed by Ensemble TIMF, South Korea

Flute : Jiyoung Lee
Clarinet : Jung-Won Yoon
Violin : Jiwon Kim
Violoncello : Jooeun Oh
Percussion : Eunhye Kim
Pianoforte : Sunin Jung

I. Stars and Crystals
II. Dialogues and Dances

Performed at 40th Pan Music Festival, Seoul, South Korea

Onde I for Six Players : Whole Movements (2020)

Sunghyun Lee - Onde I pour Six Instrumentistes (2020)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Conductor : Yoonhak Baek

Performed by Ensemble TIMF, South Korea

Flute : Jiyoung Lee
Clarinet : Jung-Won Yoon
Pianoforte : Seon-In Jung
Percussion : Eunhye Kim
Violin : Jiwon Kim
Violoncello : Joo-Eun Oh

I. Stars and Crystals
II. Dialogues and Dances

Performed at 40th Pan Music Festival, Seoul, South Korea

여섯악기를 위한 옹드 I (2020)

작곡 이성현

지휘 백윤학

연주 팀프 앙상블

플루트 : 이지영
클라리넷 : 윤정원
퍼커션 : 김은혜
피아노 : 정선인
바이올린 :  김지원
첼로 : 오주은

세라믹 팔레스홀, 제 40회 범 음악제

 파동이라는 의미의 “옹드(Onde)" 는 나의 주 관심사인 각 화음의 질감과 파동에 대한 연구이다.

이는 두 가지의 메타포(Metaphor)를 가진 악장들로 나뉘어 작업되었다.

1. 별들과 수정들 (Stars and Crystals)
2. 대화들과 춤들 (Dialogues and Dances)

음악은 주로 극명한 대비를 통해 진행된다. 
명확하고 단순한 협화와 불협화, 그리고 악음과 소음. 
또한 이들을 이용해 과거 형식의 변용을 시도해 보고 싶었는데, 
특히 1악장은 전통적 의미의 소나타 형식을, 
2악장은 론도 형식을 차용해 구조적 아름다움을 만들어 내고 싶었다.

“Onde“ meaning a wave, 
is a study on the textures and waves of harmonies which are my main interests.

This piece is divided into movements by two metaphors.

1.Stars and Crystals
2. Dialogues and Dances

Music mainly proceeds with sharp contrast.
They are clear and simple concordance and dissonance, 
and musical sounds and noise, which is saturated sounds.
Also, I wanted to try to transform the form of the classical music.
In particular, the first movement is a traditional sonata form,
Also in the second movement, I wanted to create structural beauty by borrowing the rondo form.

Onde I pour Six Instrumentistes : 1st Mov. Stars and Crystals (2020)

Onde I pour Six Instrumentistes : 2nd Mov. Dialogues and Dances (2020)

Sunghyun Lee - Night Objets I for Pianoforte (2020)
II. Neonlights and Grooves

이성현 - 피아노를 위한 밤의 오브제들 I (2020)
II. 네온불빛들과 그루브들

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Performed by Pianist Seung-Ah Lee,
피아니스트 이승아

Performed at Il-shin Hall, Seoul, South Korea
일신홀 연주, 2020 대한민국 실내악 작곡제전

I. Dances of the Stars
II. Neonlights and Grooves
III. Dreaming Clouds

I. 별들의 춤들
II. 네온불빛들과 그루브들
III. 꿈꾸는 구름들

Night Objets I : II. Neonlights and Grooves (2020)

Sunghyun Lee -  Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra : 1st Mov. (2020)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Sheng : Jisoo Han

Conductor : Sirin Nah
Performed by Millennium Symphony Orchestra, South Korea

Performed at Jangcheon Hall, Gwanglim Art Center, Seoul

생황과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡 (2020)

작곡 이성현

생황 독주 한지수

지휘 나실인

연주 밀레니엄 심포니 오케스트라

장천홀, 광림아트센터

이 작품은 조선시대 때부터 국악에 사용된 유일한 화음악기인 생황을 위하여 작곡되었다. 38개의 관을 가진 생황의 다양한 표현과 화음 체계를 기반으로 작곡되었으며, 이를 두 개의 악장에 담고자 하였다.

1악장은 어두운 밤의 이미지, 그리고 비교적 전통적인 의미의 선율들이 나타난다. 2악장은 밝은 낮의 이미지를 투영한 토카타(Toccata)이다. 생황의 다양한 요소들은 오케스트라에 스며들어 악기들 사이에 여러 반응들을 유발하며, 그들 사이의 긴장과 대립, 그리고 조화의 에너지를 느낄 수 있도록 작곡하였다.

Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra : 1st Mov. Misterioso(2020)

Sunghyun Lee - Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra : Whole Movements (2020)

Sunghyun Lee (B.1995)

Composer : Sunghyun Lee

Sheng : Jisoo Han

Conductor : Sirin Nah
Performed by Millennium Symphony Orchestra, South Korea

Performed at Jangcheon Hall, Gwanglim Art Center, Seoul

생황과 오케스트라를 위한 협주곡 (2020)

작곡 이성현

생황 독주 한지수

지휘 나실인

연주 밀레니엄 심포니 오케스트라

장천홀, 광림아트센터

이 작품은 조선시대 때부터 국악에 사용된 유일한 화음악기인 생황을 위하여 작곡되었다. 38개의 관을 가진 생황의 다양한 표현과 화음 체계를 기반으로 작곡되었으며, 이를 두 개의 악장에 담고자 하였다.

1악장은 어두운 밤의 이미지, 그리고 비교적 전통적인 의미의 선율들이 나타난다. 2악장은 밝은 낮의 이미지를 투영한 토카타(Toccata)이다. 생황의 다양한 요소들은 오케스트라에 스며들어 악기들 사이에 여러 반응들을 유발하며, 그들 사이의 긴장과 대립, 그리고 조화의 에너지를 느낄 수 있도록 작곡하였다.

Concerto for Sheng and Orchestra : Whole Movements (2020)

Sunghyun Lee (die 1995) is a composer from Seoul, South Korea.

He received his Bachelor's degree from Seoul National University and completed his master's program at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Italy, graduating with summa cum laude honors. During his studies, he had the privilege of being mentored by distinguished composers such as Unsuk Chin, Ivan Fedele, Oliver Schneller, and Uzong Choe.

Throughout his career, Sunghyun Lee has garnered recognition for his exceptional talent, securing prestigious awards in various competitions, including the Geneva International Music Competition and the "Appassionato Ensemble" International Competition. His works have been featured in prominent festivals and concerts worldwide, including ISCM World Music Days, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Avanti! Music Festival, Festival Contrasti, Como Contemporary Festival, Mise-en Festival, Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival, etc.

Sunghyun Lee has also collaborated with renowned musical ensembles such as Avanti! Chamber Orchestra, IEMA Ensemble, Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Fontana Mix Ensemble, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Ensemble Mise-en, Schallfeld Ensemble, Ensemble Ictus, Ensemble Novecento, Quatuor Bozzini, Quatuor Voce, Trio Estatico, Ensemble TIMF, Zohn Collective, AsianArt Ensemble, Ensemble Phase, Ensemble Blank, Sori Percussion, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, showcasing his versatility and innovative, playful compositions.

Currently, Sunghyun Lee is continuing his compositional studies under the guidance of Professor Oliver Schneller at Robert Schumann Hoschule Duesseldorf. He is presently based in Frankfurt, Germany, where he continues to pursue his IEMA (International Ensemble Modern Academy) as a residence composer.

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