Junghyun Kim is a Geomungo (six-stringed Korean zither) player and researcher specializing

in the globalization of gugak (Korean traditional music). She holds dual master’s degrees in

Musicology from Seoul National University and in Cultural Heritage from University College

London.

She has worked as a project member of the Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra, received various

awards for both traditional and contemporary gugak performances, and broadened her musical

training beyond Korea by studying the Chinese traditional instrument erhu in Dalian, China.

Her interdisciplinary interests in music, history, and sustainability—shaped through academic

and artistic experiences in Korea, the UK, and China—inform her current research on how

traditional cultural elements can be creatively reimagined and shared on global stages.