EUNJI PARK
Dr. Eun Ji Park is a musicologist whose research explores the intersection of music, science, and technology across historical and contemporary contexts. She currently delivers lectures at the Department of Musicology, Seoul National University and corporations, based on her research to elevate the value of music history, particularly the history of music technology. She has published numerous books and papers related to music history and technology. After graduating from Lycée Jean de La Fontaine in Paris, France, Eun Ji Park obtained her French National Baccalauréat in Music Technology (Diplôme du Baccalauréat Technologique Techniques de la Musique et de la Danse) and concurrently completed the Supérieur program at the Conservatoire National de Région de Rueil-Malmaison. She then went on to graduate cum laude with a Bachelor of Music from the State University of New York in the United States. Following this, she received her Master of Music degree from the Ewha Womans University School of Music and earned a second Master of Science degree, focusing on the convergence of music technology, from the KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology. She further pursued her studies in Musicology at the Seoul National University College of Music, where she graduated as valedictorian with a Ph.D. in Musicology.
EDUCATION
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D., Doctor of Musicology
Department of Musicology, Graduated with highest honors, Valedictorian, Full Scholarship
Dissertation: A Study of Louis Bourgeois’ Melody in the Genevan Psalter
– Seoul, South Korea 2015-2019
KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (KAIST)
M.S., Master of Science
Department of Culture Technology, Graduated ahead of schedule
Thesis: A Study on the Effect of Visualization in Computer-Assisted Music Education for Education of Musical Dynamics
– Daejeon, South Korea 2013-2014
EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY
M.M., Master of Music
Department of Music
Thesis: A Study of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Violin Sonata ‘Spring’ No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24
– Seoul, South Korea 2009-2011
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
B.M., Bachelor of Music
Department of Music, Graduated ahead of schedule with honors, Cum laude
– New York, United States, 2005-2008
CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DE RÉGION DE RUEIL-MALMAISON
Cycle Supérieur
Département de Musique
– Rueil-Malmaison, France, 2000-2004
LYCÉE JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
Diplôme du Baccalauréat Technologique de la Musique(French National Baccalaureate)
– Paris, France, 2000-2004
SUN HWA ART SCHOOL
Music Department
– Seoul, Korea, -2004
RESEARCH AND CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
- Member, Scientific Committee, AMPS/APSCOM 2026 Conference (Australian Music & Psychology Society & Asia-Pacific Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music), Gold Coast, Australia.
- Member, International Musicological Society (IMS), Auditory History Study Group, Basel, Switzerland, 2025 – Present
- Fellow (FRSA), Royal Society of Arts (RSA), London, UK, 2025 – present
- International Programme Committee (IPC), International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art (ISEA) 2025
- Member, Music History Research Society, Seoul National University
- The Board of Directors of the Korean Society for Music Perception and Cognition (KSMPC)
- Advisory Council Member of SPELEDIT Co., Ltd. Music and Images Project, 2024 – Present
- Music Startup Advisory Council Member of Insight Partners Co., Ltd, 2022 – Present
- Researcher at the Seoul National University’s Society for Historical Research in Music, 2015 – Present
- Researcher at the Seoul National University, College of Music, Department of Musicology, 2015 – 2019
- Researcher at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Department of Culture Technology, 2013 – 2014
RESEARCH INTEREST
Music History, Music and Technology, Music and Science, Algorithmic Composition, AI-Based Music Generation, AI Music Performance, AI Music Education, Music Visualization, Computational Musicology, Musical Acoustics, Popular Music History
TEACHING AND ADVISING EXPERIENCE
- Introduction to Acoustics 1, Department of Music, Seoul National University, 2024 – Present
- Introduction to Acoustics 2, Department of Music, Seoul National University, 2024 – Present
- History of Western Music, Music of the Classical period, Yonsei University, Department of Music Composition, 2026 –
- History of Western Music, From Romantic music to contemporary music, Yonsei University, Department of Music Composition, 2025 – Present
- Industry and History of AI Music, Winter session, 2025 – Present
- Understanding and Appreciation of Popular Music, Yonsei University, Global Leaders College (GLC), 2024 – Present
- Industry and History of AI Music, Dongguk University, Department of Business Administration, 2023 – Present
- History of Popular Music, Core Research T.A., Seoul National University, 2018 – 2019
- Western Civilization and Music, Core T.A., Seoul National University, 2017 – 2018
- Understanding of Western Music, Core T.A., Seoul National University, 2015 – 2016
- Invitee of professional musicians in Western music subjects, organizing undergraduate students’ concerts, and guidance in musical instruments performance, Seoul National University, 2015 – 2018
- Counseling guidance for undergraduate students in Western music subjects, Seoul National University, 2015 – 2018
SELECTED AWARD AND HONORS
- Perfect Teaching Evaluation (5.0/5.0), Department of Music, Seoul National University, 2024
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Global Leaders College (GLC), Yonsei University, 2024
- Sejong Book Award (Prestigious Korean scholarly publication award), 2024
- Media-Recommended Book Award: Sound of Music, Selected by Munhwa Press, Joongang Press, and Hankyoreh Press as a featured book of the 1st week of August 2024
- Media-Recommended Book Award: The Music Loved by Mathematics, Selected by Munhwa Press, Seoul Press, and Hankook Press as a featured book of the 4th week of February 2023
- Valedictorian, Graduate Award Ceremony, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2019
- Selected Presenter, Music History Research Group, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2015–2023
- Graduate Study Incentive (GSI) Full Scholarship, College of Music, Seoul National University, 2015–2018
- Invitee of professional musicians in Western music subjects, organizing undergraduate students’ concerts, and guidance in musical instruments performance, Seoul National University, 2015 – 2018
- Grand Prize, Korea Music and Arts Scholarship Association, International Literary Education Association, 2007
- Cum Laude, Graduate Award Ceremony, College of Music, State University of New York, 2008
- Dean’s List, State University of New York, 2005–2008
Reviewing and Academic Service
- Signal, Image and Video Processing (AI Music Performance), Springer Nature
- Discover Computing, Springer Nature
- Expert assessment contributor, UK Government Metascience Unit and University of Sussex, 2026.
- Discover Artificial Intelligence, Springer Nature
- Quality & Quantity, Springer Nature
- 26th International Conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression(NIME)
- Scientific Reports, Springer Nature
- Multimedia Systems, Springer Nature
- Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Nature Portfolio, Springer Nature
- Multimedia Tools and Applications, Springer Nature
- International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art (ISEA)
- Education and Information Technologies, Springer Nature
- Frontiers in Psychology (Performance Science)
- International Journal of Science, Technology and Society
- Journal of Digital Contents Society
- Music and Culture, Korean Society of Musicology
- Doctoral Oral Examination Committee Member, Department of Instrumental Music, Graduate School of Music, Yonsei University
- Master’s Thesis Committee Member, Graduate School of Education, Yonsei University
SELECTED TALKS
(Abbreviated)
- Invited Lecture and Talk, “Sounds of Every Moment: Lecture and Discussion on Music and Mathematics,” Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, National Korean Traditional Music Center, Korean Traditional Music Academy, August 2025.
- International Invited Exhibition, CURRENTS New Media Art & Technology Festival 2025 Selected Artist, Experimental Single Channel Video, Experimental Documentary, and Animation, Speed, Sound and Music, 2025. USA, Santafe, 2025. 6. 13-22. Speed, Sound and Music – CURRENTS New Media
- Academic Conference Presentation at Korea National University of Arts, Korean Institute of Arts Research: “Creating Art with Generative AI: An In-depth Analysis of Current AI Music Generators” Korea National University of Arts, Korean Institute of Arts Research, March 29, 2024.
- International Conference Workshop, Accepted Article Presentation, “The Development of Violin and Bow-Holding Techniques,” The American String Association International Conference, Kentucky, USA, March 2024.
- Seminar Presentation, “A Study on Automatic Music Composition Methodology in the 17th Century: Focusing on Kircher’s ‘ Arca Musarithmica‘, ‘ ” Pohang University of Science and Technology, POSTECH MINDS, Multidisciplinary Institute for Data Science, July 18, 2023.
- International Conference Workshop, Presented a poster session, “A Study on Mechanical Music Composition Methodology in the 17th Century: Focusing on Kircher’s ‘Arca Musarithmica‘ at the KIAS-MINDS-ChosunCDS Joint Workshop on the topic of “Music, Mathematics & Language: Through the lens of data.” The workshop provided a platform to explore the intersection of music, mathematics, and language through data analysis, June 28, 2023.
- Conference Presentation, “A Study on Automatic Music Composition Methodology in the 17th Century: Focusing on Athanasius Kircher’s Arca Musarithmica,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (127th), Seoul National University, February 8, 2023.
- Conference Presentation, “A Study of Louis Bourgeois’ Melody in the Genevan Psalter,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (105th), Seoul National University, June 23, 2017.
- Conference Presentation, “Application and Development of the 134th Psalm from the Genevan Psalter After the Seventeenth Century Reformation,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (104th), Seoul National University, April 14, 2017.
- Conference Presentation, “Application and Development of the 134th Psalm from the Genevan Psalter After the Seventeenth Century Reformation,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (103rd), Seoul National University, February 27, 2017.
- Conference Presentation, “Application and Development of the 134th Psalm from the Genevan Psalter After the Seventeenth Century Reformation,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (102nd), Seoul National University, January 20, 2017.
- Conference Presentation, “A Study on the 19th Century Violin Performance Attitude: With a Focus on Baillot’s L’art du violon,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (100th), Seoul National University, October 8, 2016.
- Conference Presentation, “A Study on the 19th Century Violin Performance Attitude: With a Focus on Baillot’s L‘ art du violon,” presented at the Society for Historical Research in Music (99th), Seoul National University, August 22, 2016.
- Seminar Presentation, “Modern American theater, Brecht’s theater theory, Greek and Roman theater, and Ibsen’s theater theory,” Department of Performing Arts, Seoul National University, Apr. – Sept. 2012.
- Policy Debate on Revitalization of Culture and Arts for People with Disabilities, National Assembly, Korea, 2011
Performance and Concert Activities
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- Invited Performer, Blue House Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Business Day Award, Seoul, Korea, 2010.
- String Ensemble Concert, Yeongsan Art Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2009–2011.
- National Tour, Seoul String Ensemble, Korea, 2009–2011.
- Violin Recital, Recital Hall, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea, 2011.
- Seoul String Ensemble 37th Regular Concert, concerto for four soloists, 2010.
- Chamber Ensemble Performance, Carnegie Hall, New York, USA, 2009.
- Orchestra Performance, Symphony Space, New York, USA, 2009.
- Early Music Ensemble Concert, State University of New York, USA, 2009.
- Violin Recital, Recital Hall, State University of New York, USA, 2008.
- Violin Recital, Recital Hall, State University of New York, USA, 2007.
- Opera Performance, The Tempest, Performing Arts Center, New York, USA, 2009.
- Performance, France International Music Camp (Printemps International Musique de Provence), Provence, France, 2001–2004.
- Performance, France International Music Camp (Nantes Music Festival and Music Camp), Nantes, France, 2004.
- Participant, Munich International Music Festival (Euro Musikfestival), Munich, Germany, 1998.