Sungha Jung

Sungha Jung ( born September 2, 1996 Cheongju ) is a South Korean fingerstyle guitarist, who was already known as a former teenager primarily for his videos on YouTube.

Life

He began playing guitar at age 9. The Fingerstyle he brought from his father and others in itself. First he started with light songs and played the first time only compositions only. Later, he also began to arrange and compose himself. Since its notoriety he has worked with other musicians and some performances held, for example, with Sérgio Mendes, Patti LaBelle and Jason Mraz. With 2NE1 he recorded acoustic versions of two of their songs.

Sungha Jung plays songs in various styles according to his acoustic guitar. The pieces he arranged for the part itself and some he himself composed. Since September 2006, he uploads videos. The about 600 videos on YouTube have been very successful, particularly in South Korea. In September 2008, Yoko Ono posted on her blog a video of the boys Beatles song All You Need Is Love with the comment " John Lennon would have been happy you did Performed his song so well. " In October 2008, when Jung was twelve years old " Pirates Of The Caribbean " was uploaded and has already has over 35 million views in November 2012. In February 2009 he gave his first professional solo concert in Seoul. After appearances in Frankfurt and Bangkok, followed by a 2010 North American tour with Trace Bundy. Jung was the first Korean who reached his YouTube channel over 100 million views. In June 2010 he released his first album, " Perfect Blue ", which was produced by the German musicians Ulli and Thomas Kessler. In September 2011, he released his second album, " Irony ". On April 15, 2013 came out the third album " Paint It Acoustic".

Guitars

His first guitar he bought from his own pocket money for $ 60. She was a kind of toy for him. When his father noticed his progress, he bought a better guitar, a Cort Earth900. This, however, was larger and he could not hold it comfortably, but could play well on it anyway. Sungha Jung wanted a handmade guitar for his size, which was not easy to get. The South Korean company Selma Guitar became aware of him and built this for him. This guitar was known as the signed guitar, because Thomas Leeb wrote to them, " Keep on Grooving, To my Friend, Thomas Leeb ". After Selma Guitar Jung sponsored, Lakewood Guitars built his fourth guitar.

Discography

Albums:

• Perfect Blue (2010)
• Irony (2011)
• The Duets ( Collaborations, 2012)
• Paint It Acoustic (2013 )