Portfolio
The Love of Chunhyang
Universal Ballet Company (Seoul)
Two-Act Ballet based on Tchaikovsky’s music
Recomposition and orchestral arrangement
Award:
E Daily Culture Award – Grand Prize (Dance Division)
(2019)
Performances:
Sejong Center (2014); Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman (2015); Seoul Arts Center CJTowol Theater (2018); Teatro Mayor Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Colombia (2018); Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater (2019); National Theater of Korea, Haeoreum Grand Theater
(2023); Seoul Arts Center CJ Towol Theater (2025); Gunpo Arts Center (2025); Gimhae Arts Center Maru Hall (2025); Suseong Artpia, Daegu (2025).
Its Pas de Deux, completed through Motoyama’s orchestral recomposition, has become a signature gala repertoire and was featured at the 2023 Benois de la Danse Gala at the Bolshoi Theatre (Moscow).
Le Narval – Un Verre d’Amitié
(The Narval – A Toast to Friendship)
Co-production: Hanuri Opera Arts Company and Radio France Choir Soloists
(In production)
French-language music-theatre work.
Commemorating the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and France, the work reimagines a true story from 1851, when the French whaling ship Le Narval drifted to the Korean island of Bigeum and local villagers rescued its sailors.
Rather than a tale of conflict, this forgotten episode reveals how the first encounter between the two nations began through compassion and humanity — revived here as a poetic reflection on friendship and empathy.
Luminare: The Village Without Light
Co-production: Romancha Ensemble
(In production)
Christmas fantasy music theatre combining ten beloved carols with ensemble and choral performance.
The journey of villagers who set out to find their lost light — discovering, under the starlit sky, that the true light shines within themselves.
Fantastic Animals
Hanuri Opera Arts Company (Seoul)
Family opera inspired by classical masterpieces;
recomposition and orchestral arrangement
Premiere at Pyeongchon Art Hall and Konkuk University New Millennium Hall (2023);
Gangjin Art Hall and Mokpo Culture & Arts Center (2024); Incheon Student Culture Center, Gimpo Art Hall, and Korea Sound Culture Center (2025).
Starlit Isle – The Last Song
Co-production: Hanuri Opera Arts Company
(In production)
Two-act original opera exploring three intertwined themes of modern society — Korea’s rising suicide crisis, ecological disaster, and the coexistence of AI and humanity.
Motoyama’s score merges cinematic orchestration, refined rhythmic minimalism, and Korean lyrical sensibility, creating an emotionally charged yet classically grounded soundscape.
Luminare: The Village Without Sound
Co-production: Romancha Ensemble
(In production)
Fantasy music theatre piece that blends classical music and picture-book storytelling into a new form of art education.
Set in a city that has lost its sound, the story follows a young girl on a magical journey to rediscover the voices of music and harmony.