SUN-MI HONG
INTRODUCTION
Born and raised in In-Cheon, Korea; Sun-Mi has a unique perspective of life after her last ten years in Amsterdam. With a signature of rooted groove in combination with well tempered outbursts, Sun-Mi has placed herself strongly in the Dutch jazz scene. By approaching the moment in a somewhat meditative fashion, she achieves the ability to bring something entirely original to the band stand.
Her last album ‘A Self-Strewn Portrait’ (ZenneZ Records) has won the prize of the Edison Award 2021 in National category. She is the winner of the Dutch Jazz Competition 2018 and the 2nd Prize of the Getxo International Jazz Competition 2017 (Sun-Mi Hong Quintet), in 2022 she released a new album with her quintet on Edition Records.
Avails:
Quintet: Sun-Mi Hong - Drums; Chaerin Im - Piano; Alessandro Fongaro - Contra Bass; Nicolò Ricci – Tenor Saxophone; Alistair Payne – Trumpet
BIDA Orchestra: Jozef Dumoulin - Keyboard & piano; John Edwards - Bass; Mette Rasmussen - Alto saxophone; John Dikeman - Tenor & Bariton saxophone; Alistair Payne - Trumpet; Sun-Mi Hong - Drums
DUO IN:人: Sun-Mi Hong - Drums; Alistair Payne - trumpet
TERRITORIES
Europe
TOURDATES AND AVAILS
25.01.25 AT-Saalfelden - Jazzfestival
10.02.25 NL-Maastricht - Lumière Jazznight
14.03.25 NL-Amsterdam - Bimhuis
18.03.25 UK-Glasgow - Glad Café
21.03.25 UK-Cardiff - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
22.03.25 UK-Brighton - Verdict Jazz
23.03.25 IR-Dublin - Arthur's Blues & Jazz Club
25.03.25 UK-Southhampton - Turner Sims
27.03.25 NL-Rotterdam - DeDoelen
30.03.25 NL-Utrecht - Tivoli
13.05.25 DE-Kassel - Theaterstübchen
14.05.25 DE-München - Unterfahrt
16.05.25 DE-Dortmund - Domicil
07.08.25 NL-Nijmegen - Music Meeting
08.08.25 NL-Den Bosch - Jazz in Duketown
19.09.25 NL-Tilburg - Paradox
Quotes:
"...a strikingly original composer..." Downbeat Magazine, US
"...a magician on the drums." NDR Kultur, DE
"flowing and powerful" Deutschlandfunk Kultur, DE
"Sun-Mi Hong: remember her name" New York City Jazz Records Magazine, US
"Hong has perfect timing" Jazzwise, UK
"a great new star in the jazz firmament" Written in Jazz, NL
"Formally precise, but not at the expense of spontaneous wildness" Downbeat Magazine, US
"Heady stuff" NPR, US
"varied, unconventional album." Jazzenzo, NL
"as absorbing as it is enigmatic." Jazzwise, US
"...unique jazz..." Lira, SE
"beautiful, open, searching and challenging...music" Nettavisen, NO
"Das Duo ... fesselt rhythmisch und mit variablen Phransierungen und wird schließlich zu recht begeistert gefeiert" FAZ, DE
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