Biography

Raised in rural Seosan, South Korea, composer and pianist Yeeun Sim (b.2002) aims to create various atmospheres in her music, inspired by nature, paintings, books, imaginative spaces, and other sources, to draw emotions from her audience. Sim’s main objective as a musician is to convey her messages and feelings through her music while considering its influence in the context of diverse audiences. Particularly, she is interested in not only the artistic meaning of music itself but also music being meaningful as a question to the audience so that they can think about different topics after listening. Moreover, she thinks that music can be a language that can communicate with various emotions that are not easily articulated verbally. Sim believes that art can influence people in diverse areas in numerous ways, which have the potential that can cause a big change in the world.

Yeeun’s works had been recognized by several awards and competitions including Juilliard Orchestra Composition Competition, Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra Composition Competition, Call for Scores by I/O Quartet and Liminal Space Ensemble, Busan Maru International Composition Competition, and more. She attended the RED NOTE New Music Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival New Music Workshop, Brevard Summer Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival, TIMF Academy, Fontainebleau School, Lake George Music Festival, and more. She is always grateful for collaborations, and she has worked with Juilliard Orchestra, Peabody Conductors’ Orchestra, Hub New Music, Tacet(i) Ensemble, Neave Trio, Mivos Quartet, The Rhythm Method, TAK Ensemble, Ensemble Modern, TIMF Ensemble, Unheard-of Ensemble, and more. Upcoming projects are consisted of new trio work commissioned by Juilliard School, new work for viola commissioned by Violist Jake Henry Weil through the support of Hansen Music Fellowship at Bowling Green State University, and new work for chamber orchestra for Orchestra of St. Luke’s as a part of DeGaetano Composition Institute.

Yeeun has earned her bachelor’s degree in Composition at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, studying with Kevin Puts. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Composition at the Juilliard School under the guidance of David Serkin Ludwig and Melinda Wagner. Her other mentors include Alyssa Weinberg, Joel Puckett, and more.