Dongaknua Group- CEO
Music Composer, Modern Pianist, Music & Art Director, Producer, Educator, Ph.D, candidate
Having studied music since 4 years old, Soyoung Joung is an accomplished musician specializing in modern piano improvisation (classic, jazz, and ballet). She continues to compose and work as a professor of musical studies. Her award-winning Contemporary Ballet “La Chunhyang” was recently performed in her hometown of Seoul and at the Peacock Theatre in London. She received an award from the nationally-recognized University of Ulsan in Korea for “Best Electronic Music Composition”
Soyoung Joung holds a BA in Music Composition and a MA in Dance Music and Composition, both from the prestigious Korea National University of Arts. She continued to New York to study concert and opera conducting simultaneously with Vincent La Selva, who founder of the New York Grand Opera Company in 1973. In 2014, she made her conductor debut in New York with "Garland Waltz", one of Tchaikovsky's ballets of Sleeping Beauty. Ms. Joung completed her Ph.D. in Applied Arts at Kyung Hee University in 2020 and is currently working on her doctoral thesis. Until recently she has been a lecturer at Korea National University of Arts, Sangji University, Halla University, and Sun-Wha Art High School.
In 2016 she founded Dongaknua Music Recording, a small publishing company , Dongaknua Institute of Music , and Western Dance Music Laboratory (Wedmusiq)" dedicated to the development of dance music.
Ms. Joung is passionate about arts, dance, languages, and cultural diplomacy. Her recent focuses are photography, innovative dance performance, and progressive music education.
- Representative Music Works -
* Albums
Vol.1 You & I
Vol.2 P.I.Tchaikovsky-Soyoung Joung / Jazz Suite from the Ballet 'The Sleeping Beauty'
* Books
You &I, The Art of Ballet Piano Music
Advanced Ear Training: 30 Practice Exercises
* YouTube
Heart Ballet Music by SYJ Dance Musician
DONGAKNUA ┃ Wedmusiq
* Blog(English) ┃ Blog(Korean)