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June Yun
June Yun, is an up-and-coming vocalist • composer based in New York, Seoul and Berlin. Yun was born in South Korea and moved to the U.K. when she was five and spent her childhood in London. She was introduced to classical music by her father, an architect who loved music and influenced her to listen and appreciate music. After moving back to South Korea, she explored other genres in music such as pop, R&B and Soul. Yun went to a music college in Korea and developed skills in song-writing (mainly pop and R&B) and lyric writing. She also worked as a co-producer & administrative director for Avenue D&F Productions during this time.
After graduating from college, Yun released a collaboration project debut single with a famous Korean singer from the 90s, Seunghwa Park. The whole project was sponsored by KBS, the biggest national broadcasting TV & Radio channel in Korea. After the release, she received many calls from record labels in Korea but she thought there was something missing in herself and her music so she moved to NYC to learn jazz, a new concept. Yun has explored and built up her own repertoire in jazz and composed originals, mostly influenced by traditional and modern jazz, free jazz and her very first music influence, classical music.
June Yun has studied and performed with some of the most influential musicians including Jean Baylor, Theo Bleckmann, Shai Maestro, Joel Ross, Ingrid Jensen, Amy London, Mike Moreno, Jeremy Manasia and Dr. Richard Harper. She has been performing and teaching a wide range of music including her original music, traditional and modern jazz, contemporary pop and R&B, K-pop, classical music, Korean traditional music, film music, and musical theater. Yun has performed at some of the most well-known jazz clubs and halls in NYC including Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Smalls Jazz club, John Tishman Auditorium, Mercury Lounge, and more. Yun currently holds a BFA degree with honors from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary music, and has recently received her Masters degree from Manhattan School of Music. Yun has also studied music education during her studies at Manhattan School of musicand has been teaching music for 8 years. Her passion in teaching and commitment towards music education has made many of her students grow.
Her compositional debut album, “Enlightenment - Solid Waves” was released on October 27th, 2023. The album includes a total of 8 original pieces composed and arranged by Yun. She invited Shai Maestro (piano), Kanoa Mendenhall (bass), Jongkuk Kim (drums), Vid Jamnik (vibraphone), Brad Kang (guitar) and Nicola Caminiti (alto sax) to be on board.
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June Yun: Enlightenment - Solid Waves
by Dan McClenaghan
South Korean vocalist June Yun's compositional debut, Enlightenment -Solid Waves, explores the feelings and emotions elicited by the concepts of light and dark. These things are difficult to describe in words but translate, with her music, into compelling, atmospheric soundscapes full of shadows, apparitions, angelic imagery and mystical moods. Vid Jamnic's resonant vibraphone murkiness lays a backdrop for Yun's emotive clarity of expression on the disc's opener, “Little Mighty Soul." The lyrics are cryptic and bring to mind mid-career Joni ...
Continue Reading"A massively impressive start to a promising career from a young musician with something to say."
Jazz Views, Nick Lea 
https://jazzviews.net/june-yun-enlightenment-solid-waves/
"Unquestionably, a promising Debut!"
Primary Instrument
Vocals
Location
Berlin
Willing to teach
Beginner to advanced
Credentials/Background
June Yun is a New York City based vocalist, composer and educator from Seoul, South Korea. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music with honors (John Coltrane Award). Yun recently received her Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music (Jazz Arts) where she received training to be a music educator as well as a performing musician and composer.
June Yun has studied and performed with some of the most influential musicians including Jean Baylor, Theo Bleckmann, Shai Maestro, Joel Ross, Ingrid Jensen, Amy London, Mike Moreno, Jeremy Manasia and Dr. Richard Harper. She has been performing and teaching a wide range of music including her original music, traditional and modern jazz, contemporary pop and R&B, K-pop, classical music, Korean traditional music, film music, and musical theater. Yun has performed at some of the most well-known jazz clubs and halls in NYC including Dizzy’s Jazz at Lincoln Center, Smalls Jazz club, John Tishman Auditorium, Mercury Lounge, and more. She is also well known in Korea for her debut single, a collaboration album with Korea’s famous old-pop singer Seung-Hwa Park of Glass Box which was sponsored by KBS, the biggest national broadcasting TV & Radio channel in Korea.
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson
