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ABOUT
Moa Kang is a composer from South Korea. She started learning piano and violin at the age of 5, and deeply studied various Korean traditional instruments, including Geomungo (Korean six-stringed instrument)
She majored in Korean Music and Composition at both the National High School of Korean Traditional Music and Seoul National University in Korea. Also, Moa completed her master’s degree in Scoring for Film, TV and Video Games at Berklee College of Music, where she won the scholarship.
With various musical backgrounds and experiences, she has directed, composed and orchestrated a variety of genres in music such as: classical music, Korean traditional music, electronica, pop, new age, jazz and more. Her music was performed by orchestras and professional artists from South Korea, United Kingdom, Spain, Hungary.
As part of her career, Moa successively directed and arranged music for preliminary event of 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in Korea and currently, she has composed, orchestrated music for visual media, based in Seoul.
EDUCATION
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
• Master of Music in Scoring for Film, Television & Video Game
• Won scholarship from Berklee
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
• Bachelor of Music in Korean Music & Composition
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL OF KOREAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC
• Majored in Korean Music & Composition,
• secondary major in Piano, Geomungo
(Korean stringed instrument)
• Received full scholarship for all three years
WORK EXPERIENCE
PRE-EVENT OF 2018 PYEONGCHANG WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
IN KOREA
• Directed and Arranged various Korean traditional folk songs, including 'Arirang', in modern style; Organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, under the Korean Government
VISUAL MEDIA : TV series, TV Commercials, Video Games, Cinematic Trailers
• Composed and Orchestrated music for TV series, including <Private Lives> by JTBC, <Flower of Evil> by tvN
• Directed, Composed, Orchestrated music for video games, cinematic trailers, TV Commercials; <Dark Eden>, <Maple Story>
• Directed & Composed music for Media Art <Wired Score>, Sound Gallery from the City Hall of Seoul, Korea
• Co-Orchestrated original score for the documentary film
<The Dream of Butterflies> broadcast by TV Chosun
• Co-Composed drama OST by joint production between Korea and Japan <Love in Setouchi>
COLLABORATED WITH GLOBAL PROFESSIONAL ORCHESTRAS & ARTISTS
• Air Lyndhirst Studio and London Symphony from United Kingdom; Produced by Jake Jackson
• Budapest Orchestra, Hungary
• Valencia Orchestra, Spain
MUSIC DIRECTOR
• Chief director of the music venue, Mong Hwan in Seoul, Korea
• Music director of Media Art <Wired Score>, Sound Gallery from the City Hall of Seoul, Korea
• Directed various music concerts
-‘Ecstasy: Traditional Music and EDM’,
‘Seoul Arirang Festival’, ‘Classical Music and Tango’, etc.
PUBLISHING
• Co-Author for the book <The Research of Transmission in ARIRANG, The Intangible Cultural Heritage of
Korean Traditional Folk Song>, published by the Cultural Heritage Administration Corp. under the Korean Government
STRENGTH
Making music & sound for visual media,
including Film, TV and Video Games
MAIN SOFTWARE
DAWs - Logic Pro X, Protools and Digital Performer
SCORING PREPARATION - Sibelius, Finale
LANGUAGE
Korean and English
