gamin is a distinguished soloist who tours the world, performing traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. gamin plays 3 traditional winds and is a designated Yisuja (designated master), official holder of Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 for Court and Royal Military music. Re-inventing new sonorities from ancient, somewhat restrictive, musical systems, gamin has received several cultural exchange program grants, including Artist-in-Residence (2014) at the Asian Cultural Council, and Ministry of Culture, Republic of Korea (2012). Gamin has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians presenting premieres at Roulette Theater, New School, and Metropolitan Museum. gamin was a featured artist at the Silkroad concert, in Seoul, in 2018, performing on-stage with Yo-Yo Ma. Gamin's scheduled Carnegie Hall début for 2019, as featured soloist, with the Nangye Gugak Orchestra, was postponed due to covid. Since 2018, gamin has curated performances at the Center for Remembering and Sharing. For 2020, gamin was selected as artist-in-residence at the HERE Arts Center, NYC, and released her 4th album, "Nong." In  2021, the Jerome Foundation awarded prestigious 2-year Fellowship and Howard Foundation awarded a fellowship in 2023.  gamin teaches graduate and undergraduate ethnomusicology as Adjunct Faculty at the Herb Alpert School of Music at UCLA since 2022. Follow her at www.gaminmusic.com.