Jee Won Kim is a composer based in the United States and South Korea. Her music explores the relationship between time, space, and perception and is strongly inspired by fine art and literature. One of her biggest curiosities is “How people play, listen to, and perceive music?” She deeply studies how she, as a composer, can interact with the world through music and how she can deliver her ideas to the audience – even to the one who cannot hear them. And finally reaches to a conclusion “What if I write music that can be heard without hearing, seen without seeing?”  

She has received prizes, awards, and scholarships in the United States and South Korea. Her music has been performed by ensembles and solo artists throughout the United States, Europe, and South Korea including Unheard-of//Ensemble (USA), Studio Dan (Austria), John Popham, Matti Pulkki, Clara Cho, Alberto Menjón, and MSM Composer’s Orchestra. Her electronic music work, Mneme (2020), was featured in SEAMUS National Conference 2021. 

Jee Won holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from Chung-Ang University in South Korea, and a Master of Music in Composition at Manhattan School of Music where she studied with Reiko Füting. She is currently a candidate of Doctor of Music in composition with a minor in music theory at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music under the tutelage of David Dzubay and Aaron Travers while teaching composition and music theory as an Associate Instructor. She is also an artistic director and a composer of Callis Ensemble based in NYC.