Jaeduk Kim / Ink Still Wet 2026
«May we introduce you …?»Published: 20 August 2026
Get to know Jaeduk Kim one of the five participants from this year's Ink Still Wet workshop, which Composer in Residence Olga Neuwirth will lead.
«From participating in Ink Still Wet, I expect the opportunity to test and refine this emerging language directly with a professional orchestra. I want to explore how tactile identities – smooth low-friction surfaces, granular metallic resonance, soft micro-contact textures, thermal bloom and intensification – can meaningfully shape orchestral behaviors such as articulation, density, timbral pressure, dynamic morphology, and large-scale form. This workshop provides an ideal environment where composition and conducting merge, allowing me to shape the music physically and collaboratively.»
Biography
Stuttgart based composer Jaeduk Kim explores the dynamic intersections of sound, memory, perception, and contemporary life. His work often begins with subtle sonic movements – breath, pulse, resonance – yet expands toward broader questions of history, identity, and the conditions of the digital age. By blending diverse acoustic textures with pitch, he creates immersive soundscapes that reveal the visceral qualities of sound – its timbre, color, mass, and weight.
His musical language has been shaped through collaborations with leading ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Musikfabrik, Klangforum Wien, Barcelona Modern Ensemble, Divertimento Ensemble, Ensemble Schallfeld, NEC Ensemble, Les Percussions de Strasbourg, Ensemble TIMF, as well as orchestras including the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie orchestra. He was invited and commissioned new compositions by interntaional art festivals such as IRCAM–Manifeste in Paris, La Biennale di Venezia in Venice and Tokyo Opera City – B to M series.
Kim holds a Master of Music degree from the Haute école de musique de Genève, where he studied under Michael Jarrell, Luis Naón, and Gilbert Nouno with support from the Hans Wilsdorf Rolex Foundation. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in composition and orchestral conducting from the Korea National University of Arts. He graduated Konzert-Examen program at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln under Miroslav Srnka with a highest honor and pursuading computer music in HMDK Stuttgart.
Ultimately, Kim’s practice seeks to create sonic environments where memory, philosophical tension, and new sensory awareness converge – spaces in which listeners encounter themselves, their communities, and history anew.
«Zones of Blue»
Neuwirth in GrafeneggTonkunstler Orchestra · Brad Lubman · Participants of the composer conductor workshop «Ink Still Wet» · Jörg Widmann
ARAFAH / CHOI / GILLEROT / GODARD / KIM / PENDERECKI / NEUWIRTH