Eunyoung Kim (Piano)
Eunyoung Kim is a pianist, composer, and improviser in Seoul, Korea. Building her musical foundation based on her earlier training in classical and church music, she incorporated jazz into her musical framework. During her studies in the US, her exposure to improvised music expanded the breadth of her musical inspiration. Since returning to Korea in 2013, Kim has performed as a leader and sideman at various Asian festivals such as Beijing World Music Week, Beishan World Music Festival, Kumamoto Street Art-flex Jazz Festival, Jarasum Jazz Festival, and JazzKorea Festival. - In 2018, she released her debut album titled Silent Child, as the leader of the KEY Trio presenting her original compositions, while the most recent album Earworm, is her first solo piano album establishing her identity as an improviser. – Eunyoung Kim was recognized as the 2016 Rising Star Pianist by Jazz People Magazine in Korea and appeared on the prestigious Korean national broadcast music program EBS space Gonggam as the New Face of Jazz in 2019. She also continues collaborating with K-pop musicians such as Jung Mijo and Parc Jae Jung as pianist and arranger.
Okkyung Lee (Cello)
Okkyung Lee is a cellist, composer, and improviser who moves freely between artistic disciples and contingencies. Since 2000 she has worked in disparate contexts as a solo artist and collaborator with creators in a wide range of disciplines. A native of South Korea, Lee has taken a broad array of inspirations—including noise, improvisation, jazz, western classical, and her homeland’s traditional and popular music—and used them to forge a highly distinctive approach. Currently Okkyung is a 2025 fellow of the DAAD Artists-in-Berlin-Program.
Nick Dunston (Bass)
Nick Dunston is an acoustic and electroacoustic composer, improviser, and sound artist. Called an “indispensable player on the New York avant-garde" (New York Times), his performances have spanned a variety of venues and festivals across North America and Europe. His work explores notions of ancestral memory, materiality, embodiment, decolonization, and Afro-surrealism. As a collaborator he has worked with artists such as Marc Ribot, Ches Smith, Vijay Iyer, Mary Halvorson, Tyshawn Sorey, Moor Mother, Son Lux, Lucrecia Dalt and many more. - His performing and improvising can also be heard on the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once, which won the Oscar that year for Best Original Score. Nick Dunston’s most recent album, the Afro-surrealist-anti-opera COLLA VOCE, was released on in April 2024. Dunston currently resides and maintains an active presence in both the Berlin and New York experimental music scenes.
