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
TOURDATES AND AVAILS
09.05.24 LU-Dudelange - Like a Jazz Machine, Q
19.05.24 BE-Gent - Hamsession, Q
29.06.24 BE-Brussels - Flagey, musiq3 Festival, Q
12.07.24 NL-Rotterdam - North Sea Jazz Festival, Q
Release Date BIDA Orchestra: September 2024, Bimhuis Records
04.09.24 DE-Cologne - Jazzweek, BIDA
11.10.24 DE-Wiesbaden - Achter, Duo
31.10.24 DE-Berlin - Jazzfestival, BIDA
22.11.24 PL-Wroclaw - Jazztopad Festival, Duo
Release Date Quintet: March 2025, Edition Records
QUINTET TOUR SLOT UK, BENELUX: 20th - 30th March 2025
14.03.25 NL-Amsterdam, tbc
18.03.25 UK-Glasgow, tbc
19.03.25 UK-London, tbc
20.03.25 UK-Birmingham, tbc
21.03.25 UK-Cardiff - Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
QUINTET TOUR SLOT OPEN CALL: 1. - 6. & 24. - 30. APRIL 2025
QUINTET TOUR SLOT GAS: 12. - 31. MAY 2025
13.05.25 DE-Kassel - Theaterstübchen
14.05.25 DE-München - Unterfahrt
16.05.25 DE-Dortmund - Domicil
07.-09.06.25 NL-Nijmegen, tba
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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