HEO Yoon-jeong | Underplot

Heo Yoon-Jeong is an active Geomungo soloist and composer. Her talents cut across various musical genres, expanding the possibilities of Geomungo and Korean music by bringing together different genres ranging from traditional music, impromptu music, and contemporary music. She learned the Geomungo Sanjo under the living treasure, Han Kap-deuk and she has since been designated as an official successor of the Intangible Asset #16. She received KBS Grand Prize of Korean Traditional Music Award in 2009, Meritorious Citation from ROK Ministry of Culture, Sport, Tourism in 2008, 2007-2008 Artist Residence Fellowship of Rockefeller Foundation “'Asian Cultural Council New York”. She has held thirteen solo recitals from 1998 to 2012, and performed as part of numerous groups and festivals. Heo is leading a world music project “Tori ensemble” and performed in 2012 WOMAD in Adleraide and New plymouth.