Unsuk Chin (born July 14, 1961, Seoul) is a female Korean composer of classical music, based in Berlin, Germany. Chin studied musical composition in Seoul National University with Sukhi Kang, then in Hamburg with György Ligeti, and has adapted much of his musical style into her own. While a student of Ligeti, she won the 1985 International Gaudeamus Competition for Composers. She uses traditional instruments as well as electronics in her compositions. In her own words, she is "fascinated with virtuosity," which explains her devilishly challenging Violin Concerto, for which she won a Grawemeyer Award in 2004, and Double Concerto for Piano, Percussion, and Ensemble of 2002. The Arnold Schoenberg Center in Austria awarded her a prize worth 12,500 Euros. Her first opera, Alice in Wonderland, received its world premiere on June 30, 2007 at the Bavarian State Opera.

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