Jong-Hoon Kim

Location: Wonjoo

Challenge: Autism

Website: www.artwecan.or.kr

Jong-Hoon Kim, born in 1998 is a cellist and a bass guitarist.

The most important thing for autistic people like Jong-Hoon is to communicate with the world because it is difficult to form relationships. His family had tried everything for young Jong-Hoon has been still working on his personal retrospective to find a way.

He showed a lot of talent in horseback riding and swimming but had to stop due to accident. Jong-Hoon started looking for an instrument, and at that time, he focused on percussion with drums including the Jang-Gu (Korean traditional percussion instrument). Nanta, a non-verbal percussive performance, relieved his stress, at the words of a sense of rhythm (perhaps exercising also helped).

Meanwhile, an orchestra conductor happened to listen to his performance and asked Jong-Hoon to learn cello to join his orchestra. His mother bought a cello right away and tried to learn cello through long-distance lessons twice a week. Even though he started late, he miraculously joined the orchestra and participated in orchestra concerts and various cultural events.

As a longtime member of Artwecan, he accidentally encountered a bass guitar by the recommendation of the CEO, So-Young Wang. He became a bass guitarist of Grand Grand Band. Jong-Hoon just loves to play the guitar.

"If you do your best to find your dream, you will probably achieve good results like the one I am now. I will do my best to grow into a better image, and I will fulfill my responsibilities."

Se-Hoon with Grand Grand Pop Band