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omonatheydidSinger and pianist Yoonhan graduated in 2006 from Berklee College of Music in Boston (USA) and is signed to Stomp Music.
His albums include instrumental tracks as well as jazzy songs in both Korean and English. A new mini-album "Man on Piano" is set to be released on Thursday. Listen to this post!
Read about him in this article, Berklee's Korean Legacy: How South Korean alumni became leaders in Seoul’s music industry
Pianist, composer, arranger, and TV host Yoonhan ’06 graciously made time for our interview on a busy day just before he dashed off to the sound check for a concert at a venue miles outside of Seoul.
Yoonhan is a rising star with a multidimensional career. A film scoring major, his training in arranging and orchestration comes in handy when he writes two charts weekly for the 30-piece orchestra on the TV show he hosts. MBC (one of the four major national TV and radio networks in South Korea) airs Beautiful Concert on Sundays, with Han serving as the musical director and pianist as well as the show’s MC. “Playing in front of people is not as hard for me as being an MC,” Yoonhan confesses. “This is the first time I’ve done this. Everything is on a teleprompter, but I memorize my lines so that it won’t look like I’m reading.”
After finishing at Berklee in 2006, Yoonhan returned to Korea, fulfilled his two-year mandatory military service and then launched his career. Representatives from Stomp Music spotted him at a music competition and signed him to a management contract. So far he has released two albums on Stomp’s imprint featuring his original vocal songs in English and Korean as well as his jazzy piano stylings.
Last year, Yoonhan played the role of Ishmael four nights a week in a musical production of Moby Dick (based on Herman Melville’s novel). “It was tough,” he says. “I sang, acted, danced, and played piano.” The show is a new dramatic form in Korea called an actor-musician musical where cast members perform on stage in all four capacities.
Yoonhan is also developing his career as a concert attraction and headlines regularly. Some of his concerts are presented in collaboration with fashion designers. “That’s pretty interesting,” he says. “It’s like a blend of Maroon 5 and Victoria’s Secret.”
Despite having a packed schedule, Yoonhan has carved out time for further education, anticipating that one day he will teach. He is currently finishing Ph.D. studies at Sangmyung University and writing his doctoral thesis on the music of Keith Jarrett.
With talents and opportunities that could take him in different directions, Yoonhan will continue with TV for now. “The show is fun,” he says. “There are so many more artists I want to work with.” He also hopes his concert appearances will take him to audiences in Europe and America.
Hear cute and peppy single "Blood Type B Girl", released earlier this year
click here for the lyrics
(girl group Blady's comeback single is probably unrelated)
Listen to acoustic ballad "Cappuccino", from last year's album For This Moment
Watch him play "London" live with a band at the Grand Mint Festival in Seoul last month
(more fancams on youtube)
Sources: StompMusic, Berklee's Korean Legacy (berklee.edu), Eunyoung Goo, stu93kk, bowwow072
I'm looking forward to this. I really like "For This Moment", and the lyrics to Blood Type B Girl are cute. I was totally shipping him with Park Eunyoung lol.
see also: Mamma Mia, WGM, and that NU'EST song
His albums include instrumental tracks as well as jazzy songs in both Korean and English. A new mini-album "Man on Piano" is set to be released on Thursday. Listen to this post!
Read about him in this article, Berklee's Korean Legacy: How South Korean alumni became leaders in Seoul’s music industry
Pianist, composer, arranger, and TV host Yoonhan ’06 graciously made time for our interview on a busy day just before he dashed off to the sound check for a concert at a venue miles outside of Seoul.
Yoonhan is a rising star with a multidimensional career. A film scoring major, his training in arranging and orchestration comes in handy when he writes two charts weekly for the 30-piece orchestra on the TV show he hosts. MBC (one of the four major national TV and radio networks in South Korea) airs Beautiful Concert on Sundays, with Han serving as the musical director and pianist as well as the show’s MC. “Playing in front of people is not as hard for me as being an MC,” Yoonhan confesses. “This is the first time I’ve done this. Everything is on a teleprompter, but I memorize my lines so that it won’t look like I’m reading.”
After finishing at Berklee in 2006, Yoonhan returned to Korea, fulfilled his two-year mandatory military service and then launched his career. Representatives from Stomp Music spotted him at a music competition and signed him to a management contract. So far he has released two albums on Stomp’s imprint featuring his original vocal songs in English and Korean as well as his jazzy piano stylings.
Last year, Yoonhan played the role of Ishmael four nights a week in a musical production of Moby Dick (based on Herman Melville’s novel). “It was tough,” he says. “I sang, acted, danced, and played piano.” The show is a new dramatic form in Korea called an actor-musician musical where cast members perform on stage in all four capacities.
Yoonhan is also developing his career as a concert attraction and headlines regularly. Some of his concerts are presented in collaboration with fashion designers. “That’s pretty interesting,” he says. “It’s like a blend of Maroon 5 and Victoria’s Secret.”
Despite having a packed schedule, Yoonhan has carved out time for further education, anticipating that one day he will teach. He is currently finishing Ph.D. studies at Sangmyung University and writing his doctoral thesis on the music of Keith Jarrett.
With talents and opportunities that could take him in different directions, Yoonhan will continue with TV for now. “The show is fun,” he says. “There are so many more artists I want to work with.” He also hopes his concert appearances will take him to audiences in Europe and America.
Hear cute and peppy single "Blood Type B Girl", released earlier this year
click here for the lyrics
(girl group Blady's comeback single is probably unrelated)
Listen to acoustic ballad "Cappuccino", from last year's album For This Moment
Watch him play "London" live with a band at the Grand Mint Festival in Seoul last month
(more fancams on youtube)
Sources: StompMusic, Berklee's Korean Legacy (berklee.edu), Eunyoung Goo, stu93kk, bowwow072
I'm looking forward to this. I really like "For This Moment", and the lyrics to Blood Type B Girl are cute. I was totally shipping him with Park Eunyoung lol.
see also: Mamma Mia, WGM, and that NU'EST song
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