Eun Hwa Yun
Korea yanggeum master

Young yanggeum master, Yun eun hwa has experienced tour performances invited by US, Japan, Macao, Thailand and Taiwan from the early of her age as an art genius, she was graduated top from the elementary, middle and high school of Yanbian University which is one of the 100 local major art universities. After going through Seoul National University, she graduated from Orchestra department of Chung-Ang University, currently in the course completion of Ph. D of the same graduate school.
After graduation, she worked as a lecturer, currently serves the lecturer of Chung-Ang University, lecturer of Myongji University,, lecturer of Dankook University, the visiting professor of China Yanbian University.

Started the modernization of instrument herself by analyzing the advantage and disadvantage of Cimbalom in North Korea and China as well as South Korea, showing newly modernized Cimbalom in which her name, ‘YUN EUN HWA’ is carved, she brought a new sensation to traditional music world. 
Teaching the modernized Cimbalom which is patent registered with the name of YUN EUN HWA’, she is acting as a leader to open new dimension of Cimbalom world beyond the limitation of traditional Korean music, 
her modernized Cimbalom is evaluated as “it is like the second 25 string Gayageum” in traditional Korean music world.  Invited to Taiwan international competition by Cimbalom World Association as “national representative”, she was the first Korean runner who joined to entry in the international Cimbalom competition.

Her move has contributed the conservation and development of Korean Cimbalom, she has exercised the Globalization, modernization and popularization of Cimbalom. Widening the view of musica and culture, challenging experimentally, she tries her best to the development and succession.

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Education

​Visiting professor in art college, China Yanbian university

Lecturer in graduate school, Dankook University

Lecturer in graduate school, Myongji University

Korea president in Cimbalom World Association 
Representative of “YUN EUN HWA" modernized yanggeum research center

President of Korea Yanggeum Ensenble

Yanggeun Member of Dongyanggozupa

Chung-Ang University Ph.D. course completion. South Korea

Chung-Ang University, Bachelor, Master course Degree. South Korea 

2012 Early graduation with honors from Chung-ang University’s School of Korean music with major in Korean Instrument

Thesis: Study on the Playing Techniques of 99 for the Chinese Zither – Centered in the practice textbook of Huangha -

Thesis: A Comparative Study between Korean Yang Geum Notation and Chinese Yangqin Notation -On the Premise of Modernized Yang Geum Technical Expression System Development

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Awards

First Place in the Soorim Cultural Foundation Soorim Newwave Award

First Place (KB Sori Prize) in World music Category at the Sori Frontier, JeonJu International Sori Festival in 2015 / South Korea

2015 Ministry of Culture and Tourism Asia Power Brand Musical Instrument Production Division Grand Prize
1998 China "Instrumental Competition" (state-level Gold award)

1996 China "percussion Competition" (state-level Gold award)

1987 China "Instrumental Competition" (state-level Gold award)

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Discography

2022 YunEunHwa 1st Solo album released [BORDERLESS]
2022 Dongyanggozupa 2nd album released [KYUL]
2021 Dongyanggozupa Single album released [ARCADE]
2019 Dongyanggozupa EP album released [RED]
2019 Dongyanggozupa 1st album released [SURFACE]
2018 Unified Ensemble Single album released [FOREST]
2018 YunEunHwa Single album released [SONG OF WIND]
2018 Dongyanggozupa EP album released [GAP]
2016 Percussion Duo Bud Digital Single released [LIGHT]