A musicologist who enjoys sipping coffee while reading a book in a space with an ocean view and sharing stories over a glass of wine with good company. After graduating from the College of Music at Ewha Womans University with a degree in piano, they earned both a master’s and a doctoral degree in musicology from the University of Freiburg in Germany. Since 2004, they have been teaching at the College of Music at Seoul National University, fostering the next generation of scholars. Their research focuses on music aesthetics and contemporary music, and they founded the Music Aesthetics Research Society, where they study alongside colleagues and students. While particularly interested in contemporary music, spanning from Schoenberg to AI, they often listen to the works of Beethoven and Mahler. Avid readers, they enjoy the writings of Thomas Mann, Hermann Hesse, and Henry Thoreau, and eagerly read novels by Eun Hee-kyung, Jung Se-rang, and Kim Ae-ran as soon as they are published. Their favorite travel destinations include Florence in Italy, Zadar in Croatia, and New York.