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Sujae Jung is a young Korean pianist who completed her jazz studies at Kukje University of Arts in Seoul South Korea. After she graduated from Kukje University of Arts, she collaborated with an indie/pop band "WINDA" and released an album "Winda Land". In her musical career, she challenged different musical styles from classical to indie rock and jazz, as she participated in several classical piano competitions and a youth orchestra in Busan South Korea. From 2019 to 2023 she studied in the Netherlands as a Jazz piano student at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In addition to her studies, her main focus was on her personal trio project,
the “SWL trio”, a contemporary jazz trio,
in which she contributed a large part of her original compositions and arrangements. She has recently played with German guitarist Axel Fischbacher. Moreover, she was a side woman of a project by Niccolo Angioni Quartet “NA5”, a jazz and electronic music quintet, and released a single “Dancing with the Illusions” in August 2022. Furthermore, she was active in a working band project called “The Jinjies”, a project that focuses on traditional jazz repertoire, American Songbook Classics, and renowned Latin pieces. Since 2022 she has discovered her new interest in building a unique bridge between Korean culture and jazz with her compositions in which she describes her childhood memory and nature in Korea.

In 2023, she moved to New York, United States, and is currently studying the Master of Music program “Performer Composer” at The New School, College of Performing Arts. Shortly after she arrived in New York, she formed the Contemporary Jazz trio “Jung Stratmann Trio” with her long-time collaborator and life partner Wolf Robert Stratmann. 
In 2024, she released her first Duo E.P. "Bird of Luck" with Wolf Robert Stratmann on the 17th of May, and her first Trio E.P. "Live at 29th Street" on a New York City-based music label 29th Street Editions on the 21st of June.
Among others, she studied with Hee An Ko, Seok Chul Yoon, Jusin Min, Juraj Stanik, Rob van Bavel, Wolfert Brederode, Armen Donelian, Emilio Solla, and Doyeon Kim.

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