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
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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