Bora Yoon

Bora Yoon is a Korean-American, electroacoustic composer, vocalist and sound artist who conjures audiovisual soundscapes using digital devices, voice, found objects and instruments from a variety of cultures and historical centuries. Classically trained and steeped in a first love of choral music, Yoon is fascinated by the intersection of space and sound, maps, human Venn diagrams, handsome sounding kitchenware, sonorities and the strings that hold everything together. Featured on the front-page of the Wall Street Journal and in the NEA podcast for her form-breaking works, Yoon’s music has been presented at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Singapore Arts Festival, and performing arts centers worldwide. Yoon has been awarded a NY Foundation for the Arts fellowship, a Sorel Organization for Women Composers grant, a New Music USA project grant, and most recently an IDEA grant from Opera America.

Events and Residencies

Saturday / March 18, 2023 at 3:00 pm

EMPAC Spring 2023

Bora Yoon
March 9–19, 2023

EMPAC 2020–23

Residency, Commission
Bora Yoon
October 10–21, 2022

EMPAC 2020–23

Residency, Commission
Bora Yoon
Friday / March 4, 2022 at 3:00 pm

EMPAC Spring 2022

Miya Masaoka, Bora Yoon, Nina Young, and Pamela Z
January 7–18, 2022

EMPAC 2020–23

Residency, Commission
Bora Yoon
August 12–16, 2021
Miya Masaoka, Nina C. Young, Bora Yoon, and Pamela Z
Friday / March 12, 2021 at 12:00 pm

EMPAC Spring 2021

In conversation with Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti
Thursday / March 11, 2021 at 12:00 pm

EMPAC Spring 2021

In conversation with Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti
Wednesday / March 10, 2021 at 12:00 pm

EMPAC Spring 2021

In conversation with Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti