@article{ART003359133},
author={Heekyung Lee},
title={A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2026},
volume={34},
number={1},
pages={137-166},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004}
TY - JOUR
AU - Heekyung Lee
TI - A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2026
VL - 34
IS - 1
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 137
EP - 166
AB - This article examines Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (hereafter OZAK), a semiannual critical journal that serves as a foundational archive for understanding contemporary Korean music. Focusing on issues 9 through 28 following its relaunch, the study explores salient discourses and issues to illuminate key aspects of the Korean music scene in the twenty-first century. As the author has been directly involved with the publication since its inception, the study adopts an autoethnographic approach. By integrating personal experience with academic analysis, it offers a grounded insider’s perspective on how contemporary musical discourse has been shaped.
The paper first outlines the formation of the OZAK collective and the journal’s emergence, periodizing its history into two phases. It then analyzes the journal’s four primary sections―“Roundtable,” “Flow and Analysis,” “Composers and Works,” and “On the Spot”― to trace the evolution of the contemporary Korean music scene from 2016 to 2025. The interplay among these sections provides a comprehensive framework that captures the diverse dimensions of the field. Drawing on OZAK’s accumulated archives, the study seeks to elucidate the processes of change and the underlying concerns of music creators within this context.
KW - Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions;OZAK;music criticism;contemporary Korean music;music creation
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
ER -
Heekyung Lee. (2026). A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28). Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 34(1), 137-166.
Heekyung Lee. 2026, "A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, vol.34, no.1 pp.137-166. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee "A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 34.1 pp.137-166 (2026) : 137.
Heekyung Lee. A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28). 2026; 34(1), 137-166. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee. "A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 34, no.1 (2026) : 137-166.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee. A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28). Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 34(1), 137-166. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee. A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28). Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2026; 34(1) 137-166. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee. A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28). 2026; 34(1), 137-166. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
Heekyung Lee. "A Facet of 21st-Century Korean Contemporary Music: Documenting a Decade through the Semiannual Journal Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions (Issues 9–28)" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 34, no.1 (2026) : 137-166.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2026.34.1.004
