HAKURAN

COMPOSER & CONDUCTOR

HAKURAN白蘭

Music for voices,
instruments, and the souls
between them.

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COMPOSITION · CONDUCTING

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01 / A SELECTION

Selected works

02 / COMPOSITIONS

Catalogue of works

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2026Tales of an Old Temple古寺話ca. 20 min.

violin, viola, clarinet, bassoon, gayageum & jang-gu

First performance · November 2026 · Yangju, Korea

2026RICERCAREca. 10 min.

string quartet

First performance · May 2026 · Guri, Korea

2026Study for Jang-gu and Piano Ica. 6 min.

jang-gu & piano

First performance · April 2026 · Nuremberg, Germany

2025DALIMca. 11 min.

piri (doubling taepyeongso), guitar, 2 Korean percussionists (also singing) & orchestra

First performance · August 2025 · Seoul, Korea

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2025In the Name of DAEHANca. 10 min.

gugak orchestra

First performance · June 2025 · Chungju, Korea

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2025Depthca. 9 min.

solo cello

First performance · May 2025 · Seoul, Korea

2025Hanasobi꽃놀음ca. 10 min.

daegeum, flute, clarinet in B♭, violin, viola & cello

First performance · March 2025 · Nuremberg, Germany

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2022Sound of Time IV時の音 IVca. 25 min.

jeongga singer & mezzo-soprano; 1.1.1.1 – 1.0.0.0 – strings

First performance · September 2022 · Seoul, Korea

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2019Concertoca. 20 min.

solo piri & violin; 1.1.1.1 – 1.0.0.0 – strings

First performance · December 2019 · Seoul, Korea

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2017Sound of Time III時の音 IIIca. 20 min.

Gyeonggi sori singer, mezzo-soprano, piri, jang-gu, percussion & string orchestra

First performance · October 2017 · Seoul, Korea

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2017Four Moons思月ca. 15 min.

solo guitar

First performance · 2017 · Basel, Switzerland

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03 / ABOUT

HAKURAN

Composer.
Conductor.

HAKURAN (白蘭) is a composer and conductor whose music seeks to connect souls through sound. Grounded in Western music, his work takes the sounds of Korean tradition — jeongga and Gyeonggi sori singing, piri, jang-gu, gayageum — as its material, shaping them in many different ways to stir the soul.

At the heart of his catalogue is Sound of Time (時の音), an ongoing series in which Time itself becomes the narrator: the music speaks as Time, telling particular stories held in its memory. Sound of Time III (2017), for Gyeonggi sori singer, mezzo-soprano and string orchestra, and Sound of Time IV (2022), for jeongga singer, mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra, each pair a traditional Korean voice with a Western mezzo-soprano.

His works range from solo pieces such as Four Moons (思月) for guitar and Depth for cello to chamber and orchestral music, including the commissioned works In the Name of DAEHAN and DALIM (2025). His music has been premiered in Korea, Switzerland and Germany.

HAKURAN studied composition at the Korea National University of Arts (B.M. 2012, M.M. 2018) and completed coursework in its master’s program in orchestral conducting in 2025. In Korea, he has also been active under his given name, Yoon Jang, and many of his performances and recordings are credited to that name.

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04 / CONTACT

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about music.

For composition, conducting
and project enquiries.

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