ABOUT

Celine Kang is a guitarist, composer, and improviser based in New York. Her work is best described as raw, confronting, and honest. Celine has started her career in music as a recording artist and live performer, exploring music such as Gospel, R&B, and Rock. She is currently focusing on improvised music, working with diverse musicians in NYC, and performing her projects of original compositions.

Her recent work includes her quartet and sextet, which perform her original compositions. These groups have performed at The Stone, IBeam Brooklyn, Shapeshifter, Nublu, and other venues based in NYC. Celine recently had her first Stone residency performing with her quartet, including Brian Marsella, Colson Jimenez, and Jacob Patrone, and with a trio including Nels Cline and Josh Mathews. She is also performing as a part of John Zorn's COBRA at Roulette, The Drawing Center, and Big Ears Festival.

During her time at The New School’s performing arts college, she studied and worked with artists such as Steve Cardenas, Joe Morris, Brian Marsella, Darius Jones, Mary Halvorson, Anna Webber, Ches Smith, and more - focusing on studies in improvisation and composition. 

Celine’s early musical life was heavily influenced by religious music and textural music such as musique concrete and film soundtracks, creating a unique approach to music not only in a traditional sense but also as sound itself. Her compositions and improvisational approach reflect these transparently in a way that embraces both atonality and tonality, and textural qualities of sound in its rawest form. 

Alongside the music, Celine is continuing her work in photography and design. Her photography often delivers a similar perspective to her music, attempting to portray musicians in their most focused and natural form during performances. She is working with Phonotonic series and multiple other artists in the NYC music scene.