Rin Seo is a New York-based Korean composer, conductor and pianist whose works range from modern improvised music to contemporary classical. The broad-spectrum of her works proves an extraordinary understanding of diverse musical languages. Her music combines eclectic musical idioms and blurs musical boundaries with her own unique musical color.
She holds a Bachelor of Music in Classical Composition from the Sookmyung Women’s University. A passion to expand sonic spectrum led her to the United States. After being awarded a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music, she started studying jazz performance and composition at the school and received Professional Diploma. Seo studied with Jim McNeely, a Grammy award-winning jazz composer, during a Master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Seo’s awards and honors include ASCAP Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Award(2020), DownBeat magazine Student Music Award(2020), and BMI Booker Scholarship for young jazz artists(2019). She also received numerous grants from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Korean Cultural Center New York, and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture.