Gamin

Teaches at The Korea Society

Gamin is a New York-based distinguished soloist performing traditional Korean music as well as cross-disciplinary collaborations worldwide. Born in Seoul, she began studying piano at the age of six, violin at the age of nine, Korean music (piri major) at age fifteen. In 1998, she received her B.A. in Korean Music from Seoul National University. 

Her main instrument is the piri, a double reed instrument similar to the oboe. She also plays the taepyeonso (a double-reed horn) and saenghwang (a type of mouth organ). She is a yisuja, official holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 for Classical Court Music, Classical Piri Music, and Daechita (royal military music). She has also dedicated herself to academic studies, receiving a D.M.A. (Doctor of Musical Arts) in Korean traditional music from Seoul National University. She was a member of the National Gugak Orchestra from 2004 to 2010 as assistant principal piri player. 

She was the recipient of a residency program grant from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea in 2011 & 2012 and has toured with lecture concerts at Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth College, Northeastern University, University of Hartford, among other places. Currently, gamin is a visiting scholar at the James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies in University of Pennsylvania.