updated 22 April 2024
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Selim Jeon

Korean composer born 1994 in Daejeon (South Korea).

Selim Jeon began studying piano at the age of seven. At ten, she felt a strong calling to composition, inspired by the French Impressionist school, particularly the works of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

Jeon pursued composition studies under Gerald Eckert, Yoonjin Kim, and Youngmi Cho at Chung-Ang University in Seoul, South Korea, where she obtained a degree and received an academic excellence scholarship. In 2019, she moved to France to continue her education. From 2020 to 2021, she studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, focusing on analysis and orchestration under Anthony Girard and composition under Suzanne Giraud. She subsequently joined Martin Matalon’s class at the Conservatoire de Lyon.

In addition to her formal studies, Jeon participated in masterclasses with Wolfgang Rihm at the Mozarteum University’s International Summer Academy in 2014 and with Mauro Lanza at the International Divertimento Ensemble Academy in 2018.

Selected for the Academy for Young Composers at the Paris Chamber Orchestra, she participated in the program for two seasons from 2021 to 2023. Her work, Force IV – Déterritorialisation, was premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet, conducted by Rebecca Tong.

In 2022, Jeon joined the European Creative Academy, supported by the Peter Eötvös Foundation, working with David Hudry, Stefano Gervasoni, Gregory Vajda, and Peter Eötvös.

Jeon has collaborated with many ensembles, including Atelier-XXI, Sequenza 9.3, L’Itinéraire, the Drôme Chamber Orchestra, Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble 2e2m, the Paris Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France. She has also worked closely with renowned musicians such as tubist Oren Marshall, harpist Fabrice Pierre, and conductors Léo Margue and Nicolo Umberto Foron. Commissions include works for Ensemble Ars Nova, Ensemble 2e2m, and the Paris Chamber Orchestra.

In 2023, Jeon received the Prix Élan and the Audience Award for her orchestral piece Kiss, inspired by Freud’s concept of libido, with a focus on “sensory sound imagination and the blending of timbres.” This award led to a joint commission from IRCAM-Centre Pompidou and the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France. In the same year, she won First Prize at the Royan-Orgues Composition Competition in the “organ and instrumental ensemble” category for her work Sommeil du Ciel.


© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2024

Sources

Site de la compositrice ; Site de l’Orchestre de chambre de Paris ; Site du Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon.

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(liens vérifiés en avril 2024)