Moon Young Ha | Composer / Conductor

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Moon Young HA has spent the past years working to redefine the new music scene in New York. As the founder and director of ensemble mise-en, Moon curates and conducts some of the most unexpected, perplexing, and prominent concerts of contemporary classical music in the city today. As a composer, Moon’s works are heard worldwide, commissioned by major ensembles and chamber orchestras, and featured in experimental collaborations with the musicians in New York-based ensemble mise-en.

Moon’s compositional output is as eclectic as the concerts he curates. Much of his work combines acoustic instruments with electronics, video, and choreography, reflecting influences from western, non-western, jazz, and pop idioms. The New York Times called his music “a wayward litany of pops, shivers and shrieks, by turns agitated and enervated.” But his work also emphasizes organic development, narrative structure, and close research into spectral combinations, creating audible storylines that delight the senses and spur the imagination. In recent seasons, Moon’s works have been premiered by groups such as the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Empyrean Ensemble, Chatham Baroque, Momenta Quartet and many others. Moon has been resident composer at I-Park, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Omi International Arts Center, and was guest composer at the Intimacy of Creativity Project at Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

Originally from Seoul, South Korea, Moon lives and works in New York City. He received degrees (B.M. 2009, M.M. 2010) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his Ph.D. (2019) from New York University.

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Solo
after resonance (2020)
for clarinet solo and electronics
Written for Yumi Ito
Duration: 8'
Premiere Info
Thursday, January 23, 2020 at MISE-EN_PLACE
Performers: Yumi Ito, clarinet
Additional performance: TBU

Ensemble
artless beauty in pursuit of theory Op. 1 (2019)
for flute, clarinet, piano percussion, violin, cello with electronics
Commissioned by ATM New Music Festival
Duration: 10'
Premiere Info
Sunday, December 1, 2019 at Oil Tank Culture Park
Performers: ensemble mise-en
Additional performance: TBU

Ensemble
illusive (2011)
for eight strings
Commissioned by New York University Music Department
Duration: 10'
Premiere Info
Friday, April 8, 2011 at Tenri
Performers: JACK and Mivos Quartet
Additional performance: TBU
ONLINE SCORE

Chamber Orchestra
somewhere fictitious (2011)
for twelve instruments
Written for l’orchestre de la francophonie
Duration: 10'
Premiere Info
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at Canada’s National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
Performers: l’orchestre de la francophonie
Additional performance: TBU
ONLINE SCORE

Solo
scène v (2014)
for piano solo
Commissioned by Christopher Janwong McKiggan
Duration: 5'
Premiere Info
Saturday, June 14, 2014 at Korean Cultural Center New York
Performers: Yumi Suehiro
Additional performance: TBU
ONLINE SCORE

Chamber Music
The Island (2009)
for clarinet, violin and cello
Written for Etching Music Festival
Duration: 8'
Premiere Info
Monday, June 8, 2009 at Le Moulin à Nef
Performers: ECCE Ensemble
Additional performance: TBU
ONLINE SCORE

Ensemble
(in)stillness (2015)
for flute, clarinet, trombone, piano, violin and contrabass with electronics
Written for ensemble mise-en
Duration: 10'
Premiere Info
Sunday, October 25, 2015 at Contemporary Art Centre
Performers: ensemble mise-en
Additional performance: TBU
ONLINE SCORE

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