Hyun Kook

Dr. Hyun Kook, MD, PhD, holds his degrees from Chonnam National University Medical School in Gwangju, Republic of Korea, where he is currently a professor and runs government-supported research grants such as National Research Laboratory and Basic Research Laboratory to find new therapeutics for heart and vascular diseases. Though Dr. Kook has no formal music education, he has been writing music since 2005 and has garnered a strong following in the choral composition world. His works have been performed at numerous choral festivals and conferences in Korea, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, Lithuania, Philippines, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Macau, Argentina, Canada, and the United States, and is a regular recipient of commissions from many professional choirs. He has received several composition awards including the Zane Busch Award for outstanding creativity in choral music at the Composers’ Symposium in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2011. Recently, his Cantate Domino was performed as part of the regular service at the St. Marco Cathedral in Venice, Italy in 2016. His choral compositions, sacred and secular, are published by major publishers in Korea and in the United States. Especially, his musical works are carried by Shawnee, Santa Barbara, Hinshaw, Lorenz, Walton, SoundForth, Roger Dean, Colla Voce, Heritage, St. James Music Press, earthsongs, SheetMusicPlus, MusicSpoke, GIA, Pavane, Gentry Publications, and E. C. Schirmer and over 300 vocal solo or choral compositions are currently in print and the list continues to grow.