media

performances

agitpropiece

double string trio (2025)

six letters

song cycle for mezzo-soprano, baritone, and piano (2024)

“i want to go home.”

orchestra (2023/24)

ludus cyclus

six instruments (2024)

depths of night

harp and vibraphone (2024)

Sujecheon

piri, flute, and clarinet (2024)

rheo

double bass and piano (2023)

“i want to go home.”

orchestra (2023/24, reading)

Fantasmagorie

piano with a midi-keyboard tuned a quarter-tone lower (2023)

au

two cellos (2020 rev.2023)

pirịɹᴉd

piri and fixed media (2022)

pirịɹᴉd

piri and fixed media (2022)

at the piano

solo piano (2022)

Sans Soleil: Hommage à Chris Marker

orchestra (2022)

picturesque

two saxophones and piano (2022)

celloןןǝɔ

cello and fixed media (2022)

winter fall summer spring and⋯⋯

mixed choir and piano (2022)

morii

orchestra (2022)

IlIIlllIllIIIIllIl

flute, viola, and sampler (2021)

limen

flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano (2021)

Jeux

string quartet (2020 rev.2021)

Schönheit dieser Welt vergeht

baritone and piano (2021)

maborosi

two flutes (2019 rev.2021)

maborosi

two flutes (2019 rev.2021)

plasticky: Introduction and Caprice

clarinet and piano (2021)

yeon

piri, piano, and paper lanterns (2021)

yeon

piri, piano, and paper lanterns (2021)

paan

gueum, piri, and harp (2021)

Farewell Song

baritone and piano (2020)

String Quartet

string quartet (2018)

Moonlit Night

mixed choir (2018)

interviews

one minute classical

june 8, 2025

diorama

may 27, 2025

composer-in-residence of the KNSO

november 22, 2024

“i want to go home.”

december 26, 2023

press

Today’s ARTE – Reader Review: Korean National Symphony Orchestra

premiere of diorama (2024/25)

june 23, 2025 | hankyung | in korean

Animal Cries Echo Through Instruments – Expanding Expression at the Seoul Arts Center

interview

june 17, 2025 | hankyoreh | in korean

From Prokofiev to Rho – Truth as Asked by Music

premiere of diorama (2024/25)

june 9, 2025 | sisa magazine | in korean

KNSO Academy & Abel Quartet – At the Heart of the Classics

premiere of Sebastian (2025)

may 20, 2025 | sisa magazine | in korean

Korean National Symphony Orchestra 40th Anniversary – 2025 Season Opening

premiere of diorama (2024/25)

january 7, 2025 | asia business daily | in korean

“i want to go home.” (2023/24)

critiques and reviews

musicologists and the audience | in korean and english translations

Sorisoop – Korean Folk Songs Reaching Out to the World

premiere of deer (2024)

december 5, 2024 | busan ilbo | in korean

Korean National Symphony Orchestra – The Echo of Memory and Time: Mahler’s Whisper of the Titan

premiere of “i want to go home.” (2023/24)

november 29, 2024 | sisa magazine | in korean

Korean National Symphony Orchestra Announces Jaebong Rho as Composer-in-Residence for the 2024/25 Season

interview

december 12, 2023 | busan ilbo | in korean

Two Composers from Busan: Highlighting Messages Through Contemporary Music

portrait recital: jaebong rho (2023)

november 27, 2023 | busan ilbo | in korean

A Cultural Journey in Autumn

the inaugural concert of the young composers’ forum in busan

september 15, 2022 | kookje daily news | in korean

Busan Composers’ Yard, 15th Regular Concert

premiere of winter fall summer spring and⋯⋯ (2022)

july 7, 2022 | kookje daily news | in korean

Busan Philharmonic Orchestra – Concert “Journey”

premiere of morii (2022)

june 10, 2022 | munhwa news | in korean

Winner of the Commission Competition of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra

interview

january 2, 2022 | kookje daily news | in korean

Breaking Boundaries Between Eastern and Western Music: The Sound of the Piri

premiere of yeon (2021) and paan (2021)

june 27, 2021 | busan ilbo | in korean

photos

december 7, 2024

ⓒ Korean National Symphony Orchestra | ⓒ Sihoon Kim

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35mm, rollei 35 | digital

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35mm, rollei 35

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35mm, rollei 35

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35mm, rollei 35 | digital

september 24, 2021

Portrait Recital: Jaebong Rho