Born in 1986 in Seoul, South Korea, Hyoungkwon Gil started playing traditional Korean percussion and drums at the age of 10. Between 2008 and 2010, he did his compulsory military service in the Seoul Police Orchestra, as a jazz drummer and percussionist of the orchestra. He then joined the CNSMD of Lyon in the class of Jean Geoffroy, Henri-Charles Caget and Philippe Labadie, and obtained his master’s degree in 2015, followed by his Artist Diploma two years later. He then joined the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Lyon in Christophe Maudot’s instrumental composition class.
He is a member of the duo “Cuatro Manos” as well as the percussion trio “Trio Khimaira”. Having created a group with the composer Yijoo Hwang, in order to exchange culturally and musically with the public, he carries out continuous experimental activities by means of sound installations and participative performances. Very involved in pedagogy and sharing between cultures, Hyoungkwon is naturally involved in the PERCUSTRA project with the Percussions de Strasbourg.
Hyoungkwon Gil
