“Nubim approaches Western harmony in a way that Western composers never could, because she looks at it with foreign eyes.”
- Klaas de Vries (composer, honorary professor at Codarts, Netherlands)
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"In the poetic soundworld of Nubim colours influence her harmonies, shadows and shapes her timbres, perspective and clear lines form timeless gestures while her music continues to propel forward. She clearly strives for musical clarity and depth, this clarity makes space for the light in her sound."
- René Uijlenhoet (Composer, professor of composition and electronics at Codarts)
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"The sacredness and mystery stand out in Nubim's album 'Chapel of Light', which uses East and West, and literature and architecture as materials. Nubim's efforts to pay attention to the beauty of order and insight in literature and architectural works, and to focus on transferring it to music, are still godly and earnest. The music that goes beyond reappearance to recreation confirms how the music is different and why it is needed. It is music that started from real and became another real."
- Seojungmingab (music journalist), the July issues of magazine 'Jazzpeople', Korea (2020)
Nubim is a Korean composer who deeply understands the worlds of architecture and music, East and West, jazz and classical music, and combines them to create her own musical color. Nubim majored in architecture prior to music. And Nubim, whose native language is Korean, has been living in the Netherlands since 2015, absorbing the sensibility of Western culture. She also majored in both jazz and classical music. She realized that her experience in these different genres stimulated her creativity and inspires her work.
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Nubim is a highly motivated and hard-working composer and achiever. Nubim is a composer who overcomes all difficulties with constant perseverance and effort. Nubim is working as a professional composer composing modern classical music based on jazz harmony, and she has produced her own albums and released them through her own label. Nubim is currently the leader of 'Nubim Kim Group', which consists of the top performers in the Netherlands. Also, Nubim is working for a several projects with great musicians.
🔹Awarded for the year's Open Competition at the National Korean Architecture Exhibition
🔹First place in the actual design competition of Seoul Architecture Workshop
🔹Selected work from the international competition '60x60 Project' (hosted by Vox Novus & WBAR, USA): Broadcasted on New York radio 'Sculpted word' and presented as a representative of the Pacific region at the LA performance 'Pacific Basin Mix'
🔹Prize winner of Pacific Songwriting Competition (New Zealand)
🔹Nominated for Best Crossover Album at the Korean Music Awards
🔹The 2nd prize winner of Eagon Music Awards (jury: Berlin Philharmonic Camerata)
🔹The Erasmus Jazz Prize: Selected for the Semi-finals
🔹Selected work from the 43rd ICMC (International Computer Music Conference), permanently archived at New York University (US)
🔹My project was selected by Concertbouw Orchestra
♦️Lectures
2007-2008. Seoul Jazz Academy (KR)
2009-2015. Seoul Institute of the Arts (KR)
2013-2015. Howon University (as a visiting professor, KR)
2014 Hanyang Women’s University (KR)
2022. Special Lecture on Music at University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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♦️My Recent Album Production
- Chapel of Light (2020)
- Light in January (2022)
- Nieuwe Blues I & II (2023)
- Crossroads: Live in Amsterdam (2024)
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♦️Third-party funding
- Sena Production Fund (NL, 2022)
- Amarte Concert Fund with Roode Bioscoop Amsterdam (NL, 2023)
- Gemeente Rotterdam Production Fund (: Fund from the City of Rotterdam, NL, 2024)
🔹Architecture (bachelor)
🔹Jazz piano (bachelor)
🔹Jazz composition (2 masters: in Korea and the Netherlands)
🔹Classical composition (bachelor and master: in the Netherlands)