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1970-01-12 · Seoul, South Korea · Male

8 series in the catalog

Jung Jae-hyung (Korean: 정재형; born January 12, 1970) is a South Korean pop singer-songwriter, pianist and film music composer. Currently, his agency is the Antenna.

Career

1995–2007: Debut with band Basis and early solo activities

Jung Jae-hyung was born in Seoul and graduated from Hanyang University's College of Music, with a major in composition. Before his debut, he was not affected by any kind of pop music and was immersed only in classical music.

In 1995, Jung debuted as part of the group 'Basis' (베이시스) with twin violinists Kim A-yeon and Kim Yeon-ju with the song "The Reason I Abandoned Me". In the same year, Jung composed and gifted the title song for Seo Ji-won's second album, Gather My Tears. Seo passed away before the album's release but the title song continued to influence Korean music.

In 1996, the two female members of Basis left the group after releasing their second album to study abroad. Jung continued alone as Basis and released the third album in 1997.

In 1997, Jung served as composer for the OSTs of the film Maria and the Inn.

In 1999, after releasing his first solo album, Expectation, Jung went to France to attend École Normale de Musique de Paris. During his stay in Paris, he specialized in film music and composition and participated in four film productions in South Korea.

On October 18, 2002, Jung released an OST album containing 12 soundtracks he composed for the film 'Addicted'. In the same year, Jung released his second solo album, 'Second Sound' while studying in France.

In 2004, Jung served as producer for Uhm Jung-hwa's 8th album, Self Control. Jung also participated as a musician for Lee So-ra's 6th album, Eyebrow Moon.

In 2005, Jung composed the OSTs for the film Princess Aurora. On December 3, Jung made his classical music debut with the piece titled L'etna, performed by MIK Ensemble at the National Museum of Korea.

On June 21, 2006, Jung was invited by the Korean Cultural Center in France to hold a solo concert called "Portrait de Jung Jae-hyung" in Paris, France.

On July 2007, Jung composed the ending title track "Now Love" for the film Are You Living with the One You Love Now? sang by Lee Dong-gun. On October 6, Jung made his comeback stage performance after a 5 year hiatus at the Grand Mint Festival 2007.

2008–2011: Joining Antenna Music and surge in popularity

On April 3, Jung released his third album, For Jacqueline, six years after his last album. On April 17, Jung published an essay collection called Paris Talk, capturing his daily life in Paris during his 9 year study. On June 27–29, Jung held a three day concert called A Journey for Jacqueline. In September, Jung left the agency LOEN Entertainment and joins Yoo Hee-yeol by signing with Antenna (then Antenna Music).

On April 16, 2009 Jung released a collection of short pieces titled Jung Jae-hyung's Promenade; Walk Slowly.

On April 23, 2010, Jung joined his labelmates, Yoo Hee-yeol, Lucid Fall, Peppertones, and Park Sae-byeol, in an agency concert called Antenna Music Great Disappointment Show. On April 15, Jung released his 4th album, Le Petit Piano, containing classical piano pieces. The album eventually topped in Kyobo Bookstore's Classical Music Chart and Yes24's New Age Chart. On July 16, Jung held a guerrilla concert at a cafe near Hongik University in Mapo-gu. On September 2–5, Jung held his first small theater concert at Welcome Theater, Seoul. On October 18–19, Jung held a year end concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Concert - La nuit blanche. Jung also made an appearance in IU's MV for her song "Good Day".

On February 25, 2011, Jung hosted a music concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Avec Piano at Seongsam Arts Center. On April 15–17, Jung joined his labelmates for an agency concert called Antenna Music Warriors. On May 28, Jung joined his labelmates for another agency concert encore called Antenna Music Warriors Concert, "Always, Us Together". In the same month, he was appointed as music director for MBC's 50th anniversary special show, Human Documentary Love. On June 9, Jung joins his co-stars G-Dragon, Park Myung-soo, Yoo Jae-suk, Lee Juck, Gil, Bada, Jung Hyung-don, Noh Hong-chul, Psy, Jung Jun-ha, Sweet Sorrow, Haha, and 10cm in Infinite Challenge's music festival called West Coast Expressway Song Festival. During the show, Jung is paired with Jung Hyung-don forming the team "Paris Piggy" in which they composed and performed the song "Innocent Macho". On August 22, Jung together with Yoo Hee-yeol was confirmed to be featured on a music video for the comedian group UV. On September 2, Jung threw his first ever pitch at the 2011 professional baseball game between the LG Twins and Lotte Giants. On October 6–9, Jung held his second solo concert called 'Le Petit Piano'. With the success of the concert, Jung decided to have a regional concert from October 15 – November 27 in Busan, Bupyeong, Daegu, Changwon, and Gwangju. On November 2, Jung appeared for a cameo in MBC's sitcom High Kick! On November 2, Jung joins Jung Hyung-don to perform their hit song "Innocent Macho" in the opening of the 38th Korea Broadcasting Awards. On November 14, Jung joined 17 other artists to collaborate in recording Kim Dong-ryul's song "How We Live in the World" of the album kimdongrYULE. On November 22, Jung appears on IU's second full-length album, Last Fantasy, for the song "L'amant (라망)". On November 24, Jung joined Lee Hyori as MCs for the 2011 MBC University Song Festival. On December 8–11, Jung performed an encore concert for Le Petit Piano. On December 29, Jung won the "Popularity Award" at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards.

2012–present: Success in variety shows and continued music career

On February 26, 2012, Jung joined K-pop star Lee Hyori as hosts for the music show Jung Jae-hyung & Lee Hyo-ri's You and I on SBS. Since 2012, Jung worked as the waiting room MC on the music competition program Immortal Songs: Singing the Legend alongside Eun Ji-won (2013–2014), Yoon Min-soo (2015–2016), Hwang Chi-yeul (2017–2018), Moon Hee-joon (2012–2020), and Kim Tae-woo (2018–2020), before leaving the show after 8 years, on August 22, 2020. On August 4, Jung held a music concert at The Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul titled La Romance de Paris. On October 7, Jung joined singer James Morrison as performers for This Era's Beautiful Singer-songwriter Series - 2012 Fall Version.

On January 22, 2013, Jung was cast as one of the hosts for KBS 2TV variety show Moonlight Prince. On July 3, Jung was cast as one of the judges for Mnet's Superstar K Season 5.

On February 12, 2014, Jung becomes the sole MC for Olive TV's show Jung Jae-hyung's French Home Cooking. On March 26, Jung became a cast member for KBS 2TV's Million Seller. On September 3, Jung served as music director for the film My Brilliant Life. On October 19, Jung is selected by Hyundai Motor Company to perform for a cultural concert The Brilliant Culture Club. On December 18, Jung joined the cast of MBC's show Tutoring Across the Ages.

On January 29, 2015, Jung was appointed as the musical composer by CJ E&M for the original musical The Man Who Laughs. On July 30, Jung joins Jang Ki-ha as MC fo tvN's educational program Gentleman League.

On February 29, 2016, Jung served as one of the MC's for tvN's show Birth of a Song. On June 10, Jung joined his labelmates and appeared on Lee Jinah's MV for the song "I'm Full". On September 4, Jung hosted MBC's My Little Television on a personal broadcast with the theme of surfing. On September 15–16, Jung joined as one of the cast for KBS's show Singing Battle - Seungbu. On September 24–25, Jung joined his labelmates on a label concert called, Antenna the Label Concert - Hello, Antenna. On December 24, Jung won the "Male Excellence Award for Talk & Show Category" through the show Immortal Song at the 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards.

In September 2017, Jung joined his labelmates in a label concert titled With, Antenna, held in five cities in South Korea and the U.S.

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