Hyo Jung’s 7tet
Hyo Jung’s 7tet
Wed 20 November 2024
Stage time / 4:00pm
Doors / 1:00pm
Celebrating the Jazz Clubs
Daytime Shows
The creativity and originality of the Guildhall Jazz community is celebrated in the School’s annual Jazz Festival, presented in partnership with EFG London Jazz Festival.
Hyokyung Jung is a South Korean guitarist/composer and band leader who has various musical loves from across the spectrum, which includes jazz, rock, funk and fusion, producing unique playing styles and tones.
Hyo’s music is a blend of jazz and Korean traditional music with exciting groove and rhythms.
Her compositions have already made waves in the music scene with remarkable releases. One of her band Hyowa Project’s single ‘Dido Chil Chae’ earned her a coveted spot on the shortlist for the Nova Jazz 2022 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland and Peter Whittingham Jazz Award 2023.
With her brand-new 7tet has a stella lineup, she presents various musical spectrums with her original compositions and covers inspired by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Cedar Walton, Geri Allen with eclectic timbres from Korean traditional music and 70/80’s bands like Genesis, Casiopea, T-Square.
She graduated in 2021 from Leeds Conservatoire with a first class in jazz guitar performance, and has received the only non-classical music award in South Korea, ‘CJ Music Scholarship’ to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for the postgraduate jazz course.
Hyokyung Jung is a South Korean guitarist/composer and band leader who has various musical loves from across the spectrum, which includes jazz, rock, funk and fusion, producing unique playing styles and tones.
Hyo’s music is a blend of jazz and Korean traditional music with exciting groove and rhythms.
Her compositions have already made waves in the music scene with remarkable releases. One of her band Hyowa Project’s single ‘Dido Chil Chae’ earned her a coveted spot on the shortlist for the Nova Jazz 2022 in Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland and Peter Whittingham Jazz Award 2023.
With her brand-new 7tet has a stella lineup, she presents various musical spectrums with her original compositions and covers inspired by Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Cedar Walton, Geri Allen with eclectic timbres from Korean traditional music and 70/80’s bands like Genesis, Casiopea, T-Square.
She graduated in 2021 from Leeds Conservatoire with a first class in jazz guitar performance, and has received the only non-classical music award in South Korea, ‘CJ Music Scholarship’ to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama for the postgraduate jazz course.
