Han Terra | |
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| Born | March 30, 1982 Seoul, South Korea |
| Origin | New York City, United States |
| Genres |
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| Occupations | Inventor, musician, composer, dancer, entrepreneur |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Poly Music Publishing, Poly Classics |
| Members | Recording Academy (Grammy Awards) Asian Musicology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), New York Press Club |
| Education | Seoul National University, PhD |
| Known for | TeRra instrument TeRra Magazine TeRraQin Inc. TeRra artificial intelligence |
| Family | Cheongju Han clan |
| Honours | UNESCO commendation Korean prime minister citation Rockefeller fellow Royal Society of Arts fellow Royal Asiatic Society fellow Royal Historical Society fellow |
| Han Terra Name | |
| Hangul | 한테라 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 韩泰來 |
| Revised Romanization | Terra Han |
| McCune–Reischauer | T'erra Han |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 단영 |
| Hanja | 湍瀯 |
| Revised Romanization | Danyoung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Danyoung |
| Childhood name | |
| Hangul | 래숙 |
| Hanja | 來俶 |
| Revised Romanization | Laesuk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Laesuk |
| Courtesy name | |
| Hangul | 테라 |
| Hanja | 泰來 |
| Revised Romanization | Terra |
| McCune–Reischauer | Terra |
| Dharma name | |
| Hangul | 명월 |
| Hanja | 明月 |
| Revised Romanization | Myeong-wol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Myeong-wol |
| Korean royal family (Cheongju Han clan) | |
Han Terra FRSA FRAS FRHS (Korean: 한테라; born March 30, 1982) is a South Korean–born inventor, composer and musician. She was a child prodigy and was performing by age 6 as a Korean kayageum player beginning her training at the age of 4. She has invented a 24-stringed musical instrument called TeRra incorporating artificial intelligence.[1]
Han is the first and the youngest individual kayageum musician of Blanchette Rockefeller Fund[2] and who had a debut in the Carnegie Hall in New York City.[3] She was admitted a voting member of the Grammy Awards of The Recording Academy as few East Asian traditional musicians.[4][5] Han has been appointed as a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
She is known to be a polymath in the areas of music, instruments, arts, dance, linguistics, philosophy, psychology, history, literature, writing, journals, fashion, design, technology, science and aesthetics.[6][7][8][9] She has mastered the Eastern traditional arts singing and dancing accompanied with the Western Classical Music in Korea, Japan, China, India, France, and has been performing globally since.