TeRra Han (한테라, 韓泰來: 1981~) is widely recognized as a South Korean kayageum virtuoso based in New York City. She was a child prodigy was performing by age 6. She began her training in classical Korean music and traditional performing arts, including singing and dancing, at the age of 4. Furthermore, Ms. Han has studied other Eastern zither traditions including the Japanese koto, the Chinese guzheng, and North Korea’s music represented in China. She has released more than 10 solo albums and numerous chamber and orchestra recordings.
Ms. Han is the first grantee of Blanchette Rockefeller Fund of kayageum, Asian Cultural Council in New York. TeRra had debut stage at the Carnegie Hall as the youngest Korean traditional musicians of a few who ever had a recital and TeRra was admitted voting member of the Grammy Awards as few Asian traditional musicians by the Recording Academy in USA.
Han holds a B.A. and M.A. degrees from Seoul National University and researched Asian zither traditions including dancing at the Tokyo University of the Arts and Central Conservatory of Music in China.
“I had never made those sounds at her ages as like she’s doing now, there is nothing impossible for her to create whatever sounds with her fingers, truly genius TeRra!”– Jungsuk Kang, National Intangible Heritage of Korea No.23.
“So Beautiful, So Talented, So Smart and So Special TeRra, Respect!”– John Zorn, American Composer.