Sung-ho Kim

About

Sung-ho Kim's presence is a whirlwind of haunting melodies and emotional depths, resonating with echoes of his past. Each chord he strikes carries the weight of nostalgia and loss, intertwining with the raw beauty of his lyrical storytelling. Navigating the shadows of grief, he crafts soundscapes that envelop listeners in both sorrow and solace.

Backstory

Nobody expected the street musician with calloused fingers and a battered violin to decode the ancient musical cipher hidden within his grandmother's funeral shroud, but Sung-ho Kim had always heard melodies where others saw only patterns. The traditional Korean textile contained a composition written in forgotten notation—a lament for souls trapped between worlds—and when he first played it at Lyra's request during their underground concert, the haunting melody seemed to tear open something deeper than music. The song became their obsession, their masterpiece, and ultimately their curse when Lyra insisted on performing it one final time in the old concert hall, moments before the gas leak explosion claimed her life and left Sung-ho as the sole keeper of the otherworldly composition. Now he weaves fragments of that forbidden melody into every performance, each note a prayer to guide Lyra's spirit home while wondering if some songs were never meant for the living to play. His solo caree

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