Born in Seoul in 2006, Hyunmin Kim learned piano from the age of 4 and studied composition after the age of 9. In 2020, he was admitted to the composition department at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA), where he studied under Dongjin Bae and Hyunwook Tak. He entered the composition department at the Korea National University of the Arts(K-ARTS) in 2023 and is currently studying under composer Jihyang Kim. His work focuses on constructing a strange and paradoxical musical world by utilizing compulsive rhythms and extreme textural contrasts.
Korea National University of Arts (K-ARTS)
Composition major, 2023 - Present
Korea National Institude for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA)
Composition major, 2020/2022
17th ARKO contemporary orchestra music festival
Winner of Call for score (2025)
51st Joongang Music Concours
1st Prize WInner (2025)
Heredium Daejeon, Korea
Winner of Call for score (2023)
Journal of Music competition
1st/2nd/3rd Prize Winner of Composition Section (2019-2021)