SUN-MI HONG QUINTET
INTRODUCTION
As one of the leading emerging talents on the vibrant Dutch scene, Sun-Mi Hong has earned a stellar reputation for her creativity and energy. Born and raised in Korea, she has lived in Amsterdam for the past ten years. Her long-running quintet has been in existence since 2017, balancing compositions with the unpredictability of improvised music. Sun-Mi says, “the quintet pushes its own boundaries every time, constantly looking for new ways to make a typical jazz quintet sound decidedly atypical, fresh and unique.”
LINE-UP:
Sun-Mi Hong - Drums
Chaerin Im - Piano
Alessandro Fongaro - Contra Bass
Nicolò Ricci – Tenor Saxophone
Alistair Payne – Trumpet
TERRITORIES
Europe
TOURDATES AND AVAILS
25.01.25 AT-Saalfelden - Jazzfestival Winter Edition, Quintet
14.03.25 NL-Amsterdam - Bimhuis, Quintet
18.03.25 UK-Glasgow - Glad Café, Quintet
21.03.25 UK-Cardiff - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Quintet
22.03.25 UK-Brighton - Verdict Jazz, Quintet
23.03.25 IR-Dublin - Arthur's Blues & Jazz Club, Quintet
25.03.25 UK-Southhampton - Turner Sims, Quintet
27.03.25 NL-Rotterdam - DeDoelen, Quintet
30.03.25 NL-Utrecht - Tivoli, Quintet
13.05.25 DE-Kassel - Theaterstübchen, Quintet
14.05.25 DE-München - Unterfahrt, Quintet
16.05.25 DE-Dortmund - Domicil, Quintet
07.06.25 NL-Nijmegen - Music Meeting, Quintet
08.06.25 NL-Den Bosch - Jazz in Duketown, Quintet
19.09.25 NL-Tilburg - Paradox Music Film Festival, Quintet
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
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