Daaa Chan

“Daaa Chan” is an artist who transforms her thoughts and emotions into music through the gayageum. With each pluck and press of the strings, her inner world takes shape in sound, turning the traditional instrument into a vessel of personal expression. She explores the subtle tones and expanded possibilities of the gayageum, creating music that lingers in the listener’s heart long after the final note.

Through years of close engagement with the instrument, she has developed a deep understanding of its voice and its capacity to carry nuanced emotional states. Rather than approaching the gayageum only as a traditional instrument defined by fixed forms, she treats it as a living medium—one that can breathe, bend, and respond to shifting inner landscapes. In this process, technique becomes a means rather than an end, serving the articulation of thought and feeling.

Her first solo project places emphasis on expression over technical display, allowing the quiet resonance of the gayageum to unfold naturally. Moments of stillness, tension, and release emerge organically, forming a narrative that is felt rather than defined. Each sound is shaped as an extension of breath and intention, inviting the listener into a space where subtlety becomes meaningful.

Rather than presenting a fixed statement, the work opens a space for reflection. It traces an ongoing dialogue between sound, memory, and emotion—an evolving relationship that is still being discovered. Through this process, she hopes the lingering resonance of the gayageum will not only convey her own inner world, but also gently awaken the listener’s personal associations and feelings, allowing each experience of the music to become unique and intimate.