A Legacy in Manuscript: Composer Jeong Yoon-joo
오선지 위의 위대한 유산, 작곡가 정윤주
- Director JUNG Jiwoon
- South Korea
- 2025
- 27min
- MOV
- Color
Synopsis
Tongyeong, a port city on Korea's southern coast, was home to two composers: Isang Yun and Jeong Yoon-joo. Pushed by his family into civil engineering, Jeong drew blueprints by day and studied music by night. He completed his first work, String Quartet No. 1, in 1950 amid the Korean War, followed by the dance suite The Death of a Magpie. He went on to score more than 300 films. At the same time he explored ways to unite Korean traditional instruments with the Western orchestra, as in his Gayageum Concerto on a Theme by Hwang Byung-ki. In his hometown he organized the Hallyeo Invitational Concerts for some twenty years. Through the recollections of his daughter Jeong Gyu-sun, the testimony of scholar Park Woo-gwon, and the photographs and belongings he left behind, the film retraces the life of a long-overlooked composer.
Schedule
- Oct 14 (Wed) Tongjeyeong History Hall, 2F AV Room
- Oct 15 (Thu) Tongjeyeong History Hall, 2F AV Room
Director
JUNG Jiwoon
Credit
- Director
- JUNG Jiwoon
- Production
- Tongyeong City (2025 Tongyeong Renowned Artists Documentation Project)
