Jared Redmond

about

Jared Redmond is a pianist-composer based in Berlin and the San Francisco Bay Area. In performance, he matches historical repertoire, especially underplayed masterworks, with contemporary experimental music. His repertoire stretches from music of the 16th through 21st centuries, and he has appeared as a piano soloist throughout North America, Europe, and East Asia.

As a composer, Jared’s works deal especially in literary and historical allusion, expressive microtonalism, and increasingly, music for the piano. He also develops experimental compositions and new notation systems for Korean traditional performers. Living in Seoul for nearly a decade, Jared researched traditional Korean aristocratic music and notation, and performed extensively as part of ensemble Geori, which he co-founded and directed, and as part of free improvisation duo Beheaded.

Recent appearances include performances at the Korean Improvised Music Festival, Berkeley Piano Club, Berlin’s KM28, Vallejo Symphony, and universities and contemporary music festivals throughout Korea and the United States. He recently presented solo programs ranging from the Renaissance to the modern avant-garde as part of his “Wunderkammer” series, devoted to underplayed music unified by historical and aesthetic themes.

In 2025, Jared released his solo album Scintillant, including music by Scarlatti, Antonio Soler, and Pierre Boulez. Jared also performs in experimental collective Ehnahre (USA). He holds degrees from Brandeis University (Ph.D., M.F.A.) and the University of California at Berkeley (B.A.), and has been a researcher at the Academy of Korean studies and the Kyujanggak Institute of Seoul National University. From 2018-20 he was Visiting Scholar-Professor of Composition and Music Theory at Hanyang University, and from 2020-24 he taught at the Seoul National University School of Music.

(updated mid-2025)