Described as “one of the most gifted musicians of her generation” by The Times, Korean flautist, Unji Chung, was born into a musical family. She started to give her first public concert aged 5 years as a pianist, since then, she has won many music competitions, both as a flautist and pianist.  Her busy concert schedule has taken her to places such as England, France, Finland, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Romania, U.S.A, China, Japan and Korea.

Unji did her Bachelor's degree of Music at the College of Music, Seoul National University then came to London for further study with William Bennett, OBE.  She completed her Postgraduate Degree at the Royal Academy of Music with him, having received the “Harold Wrigley Alcock Award”, “Mortimer Development Awards” and “David Taylor Trust Fund Award” from the Academy. She was nominated for the RAM Club Prize as the only woodwind player and also got 1st Prize from the All Flutes Plus competition. Recently, she was awarded 2nd Prize from the Mediterranean International Flute Competition in Greece.

Since arriving in London, she has given many concerts as both recitalist and orchestral player at venues such as the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Royal Festival Hall, St. Martin in the Fields, having worked with numerous leading musicians, including maestro Sir Colin Davis. She was also Principal Flute in the London Symphony Orchestra training scheme in 2007.

After winning the Audi-Mozart International Woodwinds Competition in Italy and the Timisoara International Flute Competition in Romania, Unji has appeared as soloist with several orchestras in many countries, often being broadcasted on television and radio. She had her first concert tour in US, covering cities such as Washington DC, New York, Philadelphia, Dallas TX and Los Angeles in 2002.  This year she was invited by the National Flute Association to give a recital at their convention in New York and will be giving a recital at the British Flute Society’s convention in Manchester next year.

She enjoys working as guest principal flute with orchestras such as the London Octave, Pusan Philharmonic, Prime Philharmonic, Euro-Asian Philharmonic, Korean Symphonic, Bucheon Philharmonic and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra along with her soloist career. 
The recording 'Sentiment & Passion' was released for the BEEP label in 2008, featuring works for two flutes by Telemann and C.P.E. Bach with William Bennett and the principal members of the English Chamber Orchestra.

She is currently furthering her studies with Andrea Lieberknecht in the Soloklasse-Konzertexamen at Hochschule für Musik u. Theater Hannover. 

 in Korean