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Elsa Jaeyoung Park wins ICMA 2018 Regional Award for Asia

Judging committee of distinguished composers and scholars Choi Insook, Cort Lippe, Miriam Akkermann, Patrick Gunawan Hartono, Taehi Kim, and PerMagnus Lindborg.

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The committee, which consisted of distinguished composers and scholars Choi Insook, Cort Lippe, Miriam Akkermann, Patrick Gunawan Hartono, Taehi Kim, and PerMagnus Lindborg noted that the work, which deals with themes of depression, “adopts a structured process to reflect the composer’s perspective as an observer, mixing synthesized and recorded sounds.”