Artists · 2026 · 09
Jingu Han
A composer who links traditional music and digital technology
- Gugak composition
- Improvised music
- Yanggeum
About
Jingu Han is a gugak (Korean traditional music) composer and yanggeum (hammered dulcimer) player. Building on the structure and aesthetics of traditional music, Han explores ways of creating that connect electronic sound and AI sound. Han wrote 〈Jemangmoga〉 for Arts Council Korea's Changjak Sanshil New Works of the Year and 〈The Sound of Earth〉 for the MMCA exhibition 《Lim Oksang: Here, the Rising Land》, and won an excellence award in the National Gugak Center's creative competition using gugak digital sound sources with 〈The General Arrives〉. Han organizes an improvised music gathering and lectures at Busan National University of Education.
Works
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At Open Circuit
12.19
Since August 2026, Jingu Han has been making a technology-based work at Open Circuit Busan. The work will premiere at the showcase at Sasang Indie Station on December 19, and documentation will be posted here after the exhibition.
