Background
Pagh‑Paan was born in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South of Korea.
composer music educator university professor
Pagh‑Paan was born in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South of Korea.
She studied music at the Seoul National University from 1965-1971. In 1974 she received a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship to study in Germany and entered the Freiburg Musikhochschule, where she studied composition with Klaus Huber, analysis with Brian Ferneyhough, music theory with Peter Förtig and piano with Edith Picht-Axenfeld.
After completing her studies, she took guest professorships at Graz in 1991 and Karlsruhe in 1992-1993. In 1994 she became a professor of composition at Hochschule der Künste in Bremen. She founded and serves as director of Atelier Neue Musik.
2009 15th Korean Broadcasting System Global Korean Award.
Akademie der Künste Berlin]
2009 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.