“When I first heard Shinok singing jazz, I wondered if jazz and Korean would be a good fit….But on Chung’s album….her soft, peaceful, resonating voice tone was truly appealing. I have heard Korean songs through K-pop but did not realized how musical the Korean language is. I love the fresh feeling of this album.
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Hattori Noriko, Omagatoki ”
Seoul native Shinok Chung is a jazz singer, pianist, and composer.
She specializes in many genres of music, from Korean traditional folk music, to classical, to jazz. In her compositions,
she draws on Korean sensibilities, melding the beauty of the Korean language with jazz harmonics, rhythm, and phrasing.
In 2009 she released her debut album, Ocean Lullaby, and in 2015 her second album, Shape of the Heart.
When in Korea, Shinok teaches at the prestigious Berklee College of Music (Seoul campus) and at Dankook University.
She currently resides and performs regularly in New York, where she is preparing to record her third album.
Shinok holds a M.A. in musical composition from Dongduk University in Seoul, Korea,
and an M.A. in jazz performance from NYU.
