TEXU KIM 김택수
Composer | Educator

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PC: Estro Studio Haksoo Kim

   Korean-born American composer Texu Kim’s works have been performed by New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Oregon Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, New World Symphony, National Orchestra of Korea, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, among many others. Winner of 2021 Barlow Prize, his music has earned honors and awards from Civitella Ranieri Foundation and Copland House.
   Currently teaching at San Diego State University as an assistant professor of music, Texu served as the Composer-in-Residence of the Korean Symphony and the Artist-of-the-Year at the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra; and taught at Lewis & Clark College, Portland State University, and Syracuse University.
   작곡가 김택수의 작품은 뉴욕 필하모닉, 샌프란시스코 심포니, 오리건 심포니, 샌디에이고 심포니, 디트로이트 심포니, 미네소타 오케스트라, 뉴 월드 심포니, 국립국악관현악단, 서울시립교향악단, 앙상블 모데른, 알람 윌 사운드, 앙상블 앵테르콩탱포랑, 등등의 단체에 의하여 연주되었다. 그의 음악은 버를로우 작곡상, 치비텔라 라니에리 파운데이션, 코플랜드 하우스, 전미 작곡가 협회 / 저작권 협회 주최 콩쿠르에서 입상하였다.
   코리안심포니오케스트라 상주작곡가, 시러큐스 대학교 교수, 부산시립교향악단 올해의 예술가 등을 역임한 김택수는 현재 샌디에이고 주립대학 교수로 후학을 양성하고 있다.

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Music Samples

Events in Current Season

8/30/21 Co.Ko. - un poco Loco (Mvt. 2 & 3), Montevallo, AL
9/2/21 Dub-Sanjo, Seoul, S.Korea
9/5/21 Phos Hilaron (world premiere) & Ma$HeD, Louisville, KY
9/10/21 Pahdo, Waverly, IA
9/26/21 Ma$HeD, Muncie, IN
​9/30/21 guest lecture, Milwaukee, WI
10/1/21 Blow, Fly, Pop!!, Milwaukee, WI
10/3/21 Ma$HeD, Portland, OR
10/7/21 guest lecture, Provo, UT
10/8/21 Flow and Composition (W.P.), Salt Lake City, UT
10/15/21 Flow and Composition, Fresno, CA
10/17/21 America the Polarized, Washington, DC, + online
10/24/21 Ma$HeD, Stroudsbourg, PA
10/28/21 Sonata Amabile (Mvt. 3), Provo, UT
11/7/21 Ma$HeD, San Antonio, TX
11/9/21 300+ Micro-variations on a Bach Theme, Seoul, S.Korea
11/9/21 guest lecture, San Diego, CA
11/11/21 Flow and Composition, Lincoln, NE
11/12/21 Dub-Sanjo, Seoul, S.Korea
11/13/21 Fanfare for PyeongChang, Singapore, Singapore
11/13/21 Jump!!, Portland, OR
11/13/21 Faithful Eckart, Songdo, S.Korea
11/18/21 300+ Microvariations on a Bach Theme, Busan, S.Korea
11/19/21 Moto Perpetuo & 입타령 (world premiere), Seoul, S.Korea
11/22-23/21 directing KSO's Composers' Atelier, Seoul, S.Korea
12/11/21 The New Year's Magpie Song (W.P.), Philadelphia, PA
12/14/21 Composer Curator show at Composers Now, online 
12/16/21 Flash!!, Busan, S.Korea
12/18/21 Angelic Chorus, Seoul, S.Korea
12/18/21 Chopssalteok, Sherbrooke, QC Canada
12/19/21 Birdsongs (W.P.), Albuquerque, NM
1/5/22 guest lecture, Riverside, CA (online)
1/9/22 Ma$HeD, Salt Lake City, UT
1/18/22 Black Origami (arr), Columbia, MO
2/3-5/22 Dub-Sanjo, Detroit, MI
2/5/22 Spin-Flip, San Francisco, CA
2/8/22 Beseeching, worldwide album release
2/11-12/22 Bounce!!, San Francisco, CA
2/27/22 Flow and Composition, Cincinnati,OH
3/3/22 Fantasia Oscura (W.P.), Bloomington, IN
3/23/22 Birdsongs, Nashville, TN
3/28/22 Flow and Composition, Greenville, NC
4/1/22 Ma$HeD, Gland, Switzerland
4/7-8/22 Guest Residency, Holland, MI
4/8/22 fp<f!! (W.P.), Holland, MI
4/29/22 Images, San Diego, CA
5/19/22 Spin-Flip, New York, NY
6/6/22 Beseeching (W.P.), Cleveland, OH
6/8/22 Toccatina (W.P.), Atlanta, GA
6/22/22 Ricercare (W.P.), Seoul, S.Korea
6/22/22 Faithful Eckart (trio version), Seoul, S.Korea
7/21-22/22 Spin-Flip, Seoul, S.Korea
8/12/22 Fantasy on Three Korean Bird Songs (W.P.), Chicago, IL