ABOUT

Founder / Artistic Director

Hee Yun Kim is a composer whose music interweaves expressive lyricism with diverse cultural and contemporary influences. Her work explores timbre, texture, and narrative, engaging deeply with themes of nature, memory, and psychological depth.

Kim’s music has received numerous recognitions, including laureate in the Pablo Casals International Composition Competition (France), second prize in the Tokyo International Chamber Music Composition Competition, selection for the National Arts Centre’s Composers Programme (Canada), and grants from ArtsActivate, Culture of Value, Seoul Cultural Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Kim holds degrees in composition from Seoul National University (B.M., M.M.), the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (doctoral diploma), and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (D.M.A.). After a long hiatus, she returned to composing in 2020.

She is the founder and artistic director of Threaded Resonance, a nonprofit arts organization established in 2025 dedicated to interdisciplinary music performance. Through collaborations with multimedia artists, dancers, storytellers, and other creative partners, Kim leads projects that reimagine the concert experience. Each program weaves its own thread, connecting music, meaning, and imagination.

Technical Director / Multimedia Designer

Joel Olivas is an interactive multimedia designer, video engineer, and production manager. Through light, sound, and projection, he strives to create performer-specific works that interact and manipulate the digital, social, and auditory environments in which they preside. An Elevator Project alumnus, his talent has been tapped by several immersive arts groups such as Meow wolf, Artechouse, and Sweet Tooth Hotel. His work has been commissioned by festivals like Illfest, Seismic, Soluna, So What?!, SXSW, and took him on tour with Creed for projection mapping. As the founder of Amuze Studio, he produces installations for corporate trade shows such as CES Las Vegas. Outside of Amuze, Joel is currently the senior video engineer at The Bomb Factory in Dallas, Texas.

International Artistic Advisor / Cellist

Cellist Hojung Kim is widely recognized in Korea for her exceptional talent and heartfelt musical interpretations. Her musical journey began early, earning top prizes in competitions including those hosted by Monthly Music, First Prize at the Dong-A Ilbo Music Competition, the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, and later the Hohnen Competition in Cologne. After completing her studies in Korea, she continued her training in Europe—graduating mit ausgezeichnetem Erfolg from the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in 1993, and in 1999 completing the Konzertexamen in Cello Performance and Chamber Music at the Musikhochschule Köln.

She has served as principal cellist for both the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and she is currently a professor in the Department of Music at Kyungpook National University. Kim has collaborated with renowned ensembles such as the Hagen Quartet and Alban Berg Quartet, and has performed with the Salzburg Chamber Philharmonia and the Kölner Kammerorchester.

Kim performs 30–40 concerts annually, including solo appearances at the Sejong Center and the Seoul Arts Center. In 2023 and 2024, she presented two recitals at SAGU University in Texas and currently performs with the orchestra at Prestonwood Baptist Church’s Plano Campus. Her recordings include Cello and Organ Music for Meditation – Homage to Martyrs of Tokwon. She was also named a Suseong Artpia Resident Musician.