Jeajoon Ryu (born 1970) is a South Korean composer. His works have been by performed some of the world’s leading orchestras, such as the

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London, that performs and produces primarily classic works. The RPO was established by Thomas Beecham in 1946. In its early days, the orchestra secured profitable ...

(RPO), l'Orchestre régional de Cannes-Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (ORCPACA), the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (Helsingin kaupunginorkesteri), and the

Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( pl, Polska Orkiestra Radiowa) is a Polish radio orchestra founded in 1945 in Warsaw by Stefan Rachoń. Initially, the orchestra made records only for Polish radio and television. In 1970, the orchestra bega ...

. He was the artistic director of Seoul International Music Festival from 2009-2010 and a composer of Poland Gozow Philharmonic Orchestra from 2011-2012. Artists such as Arto Noras, Michel Lethiec, Ralf Gothoni, Li-Wei Qin, Shanghai Quartet, Juyung Baek, So-Ok Kim, Johannes Moser and Ilya Gringolts were performed his works.

Education

He studied composition under Krzysztof Penderecki at Kraków Music Academy as well as under Kang, Suk-hi at

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Career

His music has been given numerous critically acclaimed around the world and at the Cadogan Hall, Verdi Hall in Milan, Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, and Helsinki Music Centre. He was invited to the Naantali Music Festival (Finland) and Mecklenburg Music Festival (Germany) as guest composer and jury member of international Violin Competition of Astana. His violin concerto and Sinfonia da Requiem were recorded on Naxos International Label in (2009), and his violin

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was recorded on Telos Music (2010). In 2015 he has been honored by the Polish Minister of Culture and received the National Heritage the Gloria Artis Medal. Currently, Ryu is the Artistic Director of the Seoul International Music Festival in Korea. He also founded Ensemble OPUS and became Artistic Director.

Recordings

* RYU, Jeajoon: Sinfonia da Requiem / Violin Concerto No. 1 CD, 2008 Naxos * RYU, Jeajoon: Sonata for Violin and Piano 'Spring' CD, 2010 telos * RYU, Jeajoon: Cello Concerto / Marimba Concerto / Overture: Il nome della Rosa CD, 2016 RPORYU, Jeajoon: Cello Concerto / Marimba Concerto / Overture: Il nome della Rosa CD, 2016 RPO
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Works

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* Sinfonia da Requiem For Soprano, Choir and Orchestra (2007)

Orchestral Works ''Orchestral Works'' is an album by American pianist, composer and bandleader Duke Ellington with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Kunzel recorded and released on the Decca label in 1970.

* Overture “Il nome della Rosa” (2010) * Cantata ‘Rubna Crux’ (1999) * Symphonic Poem (1996)

String Orchestra A string orchestra is an orchestra consisting solely of a string section made up of the bowed strings used in Western Classical music. The instruments of such an orchestra are most often the following: the violin, which is divided into first ...

* Sinfonietta per archi (2015) * 'Rosso' for Strings (2008)

Concerto A concerto (; plural ''concertos'', or ''concerti'' from the Italian plural) is, from the late Baroque era, mostly understood as an instrumental composition, written for one or more soloists accompanied by an orchestra or other ensemble. The typi ...

* Concerto per piano e orchestra (2017) * Concerto per marimba e orchestra (2015) * String Quartet Concerto (2013) * Concerto per violoncello ed orchestra (2010) * Concerto per violin ed orchestra (2006) * Cello Concerto No. 1 (2001)

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* Quintetto per clarinetto e quartetto d'archi (2015) * Sonata per violin e pianoforte No.2 (2014) * Sonata per clarinetto e pianoforte (2013) * Quintet per marimba e string quartet (2012) * String Quartet (2012) * Sonata per violoncello e pianoforte (2011) * ‘Early summer’ Trio per violin, violoncello e pianoforte (2009) * Sonata ‘Primavera'per violino e pianoforte No.1 (2008) * Bach in our Age for Piano trio (2001) * Saxophone Sonata (2000) * Dialogue per Violin, Clarinet e Pianoforte (1995) Electronic Music * The Bright Light for Electronic Sound (1997) Solo * Baroque suite per pianoforte (2013) * Caproccio per violino (2012) * Fugues (2004) * Passacaglia per Percussion (2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ryu, Jeajoon 1970 births Living people 21st-century classical composers South Korean classical composers South Korean musicians