Younghi Pagh-Paan

Background

Pagh‑Paan was born in Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, South of Korea.

Education

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.

Career

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.

Achievements

• 2009 15th Korean Broadcasting System Global Korean Award 2009 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2007 Order of Civil Merit of the Republic of of Korea (South of Korea) 2006 time Archievement Award of Seoul National University 1995 Heidelberg Artists Prize 1985 Scholarship from the Kunststiftung of Baden-Württemberg 1980/1981 Scholarship at the Südwestfunk"s Heinrich‑Strobel-Stiftung 1980 1st Prize of the City of Stuttgart 1979 1st Prize at the Rostrum of Composers (Unesco, Pads) 1979 Nan‑Pa Music Prize, of Korea 1978 1st Prize at the 5th Composers Seminar in Boswil (Switzerland).

Membership

Akademie der Künste Berlin]

2009 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.