Michael Kim-Sheng

Michael Kim-Sheng is a producer and composer between musical worlds. Born into a musical family, he started piano lessons at the age of 4. The music of Chopin and Debussy was always playing in the background at home, and it continues to resonate in his compositional voice. As a teenager, his friends introduced him to new genres of music, and he was driven to learn electric guitar, drums, and sound recording. His musical work is a meeting between these backgrounds, falling between classical and popular genres, and combining acoustic instruments with electronic rhythms and textures. He pursued formal studies in composition at Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, and at McGill University. He won the SOCAN grand prize for emerging composers in 2018. Emerging from his studies, he has been refining his unique voice as a creator, and honing his craft in electronic music production, culminating in the release of his debut EP Haven of Lavender in 2019. As an artist, he is always considering the feelings that composition can evoke in his body, and it is often a sensation that drives him to create. Many of his compositions have come from a spontaneous feeling of being moved, and he considers it his duty to bring these feelings to life through music.