Jung Jae-hyung (; born January 12, 1970) is a South Korean pop singer-songwriter, pianist and film music composer. Currently, his agency is the Antenna.
Jung Jae-hyung was born in Seoul and graduated from Hanyang University's College of Music, with a major in composition. Before his debut, he was not affected by any kind of pop music and was immersed only in classical music.
In 1995, Jung debuted as part of the group 'Basis' () with twin violinists Kim A-yeon and Kim Yeon-ju with the song "The Reason I Abandoned Me". In the same year, Jung composed and gifted the title song for Seo Ji-won's second album, Gather My Tears. Seo passed away before the album's release but the title song continued to influence Korean music.
In 1996, the two female members of Basis left the group after releasing their second album to study abroad. Jung continued alone as Basis and released the third album in 1997.
In 1997, Jung served as composer for the OSTs of the film Maria and the Inn.
In 1999, after releasing his first solo album, Expectation, Jung went to France to attend ÃÂcole Normale de Musique de Paris. During his stay in Paris, he specialized in film music and composition and participated in four film productions in South Korea.
On October 18, 2002, Jung released an OST album containing 12 soundtracks he composed for the film 'Addicted'. In the same year, Jung released his second solo album, 'Second Sound' while studying in France.
In 2004, Jung served as producer for Uhm Jung-hwa's 8th album Self Control. Jung also participated as a musician for Lee So-ra's 6th album Eyebrow Moon.
In 2005, Jung composed the OSTs for the film Princess Aurora. On December 3, Jung made his classical music debut with the piece titled L'etna, performed by MIK Ensemble at the National Museum of Korea.
On June 21, 2006, Jung was invited by the Korean Cultural Center in France to hold a solo concert called "Portrait de Jung Jae-hyung" in Paris, France.
On July 2007, Jung composed the ending title track "Now Love" for the film Are You Living with the One You Love Now? sang by Lee Dong-gun. On October 6, Jung made his comeback stage performance after a 5 year hiatus at the Grand Mint Festival 2007.
On April 3, Jung released his third album titled For Jacqueline, six years after his last album. On April 17, Jung published an essay collection called Paris Talk, capturing his daily life in Paris during his 9 year study. On June 27âÂÂ29, Jung held a three day concert called A Journey for Jacqueline. In September, Jung left the agency LOEN Entertainment and joins Yoo Hee-yeol by signing with Antenna (then Antenna Music).
On April 16, 2009 Jung released a collection of short pieces titled Jung Jae-hyung's Promenade; Walk Slowly.
On April 23, 2010, Jung joined his labelmates, Yoo Hee-yeol, Lucid Fall, Peppertones, and Park Sae-byeol, in an agency concert called Antenna Music Great Disappointment Show. On April 15, Jung released his 4th album Le Petit Piano containing classical piano pieces. The album eventually topped in Kyobo Bookstore's Classical Music Chart and Yes24's New Age Chart. On July 16, Jung held a guerrilla concert at a cafe near Hongik University in Mapo-gu. On September 2âÂÂ5, Jung held his first small theater concert at Welcome Theater, Seoul. On October 18âÂÂ19, Jung held a year end concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Concert - La nuit blanche. Jung also made an appearance in IU's MV for her song "Good Day".
On February 25, 2011, Jung hosted a music concert called Jung Jae-hyung's Avec Piano at Seongsam Arts Center. On April 15âÂÂ17, Jung joined his labelmates for an agency concert called Antenna Music Warriors. On May 28, Jung joined his labelmates for another agency concert encore called Antenna Music Warriors Concert, "Always, Us Together". In the same month, he was appointed as music director for MBC's 50th anniversary special show, Human Documentary Love. On June 9, Jung joins his co-stars G-Dragon, Park Myung-soo, Yoo Jae-suk, Lee Juck, Gil, Bada, Jung Hyung-don, Noh Hong-chul, Psy, Jung Jun-ha, Sweet Sorrow, Haha, and 10cm in Infinite Challenges music festival called West Coast Expressway Song Festival. During the show, Jung is paired with Jung Hyung-don forming the team "Paris Piggy" in which they composed and performed the song "Innocent Macho". On August 22, Jung together with Yoo Hee-yeol was confirmed to be featured on a music video for the comedian group UV. On September 2, Jung threw his first ever pitch at the 2011 professional baseball game between the LG Twins and Lotte Giants. On October 6âÂÂ9, Jung held his second solo concert called 'Le Petit Piano'. With the success of the concert, Jung decided to have a regional concert from October 15 â November 27 in Busan, Bupyeong, Daegu, Changwon, and Gwangju. On November 2, Jung appeared for a cameo in MBC's sitcom High Kick! On November 2, Jung joins Jung Hyung-don to perform their hit song "Innocent Macho" in the opening of the 38th Korea Broadcasting Awards. On November 14, Jung joined 17 other artists to collaborate in recording Kim Dong-ryul's song "How We Live in the World" of the album kimdongrYULE. On November 22, Jung appears on IU's second full length album Last Fantasy for the song "L'amant (ë¼ë§Â)". On November 24, Jung joined Lee Hyori as MCs for the 2011 MBC University Song Festival. On December 8âÂÂ11, Jung performed an encore concert for Le Petit Piano. On December 29, Jung won the "Popularity Award" at the 2011 MBC Entertainment Awards.
On February 26, 2012, Jung joined K-pop star Lee Hyori as hosts for the music show Jung Jae-hyung & Lee Hyo-ri's You and I on SBS. Since 2012, Jung worked as the waiting room MC on the music competition program ' alongside Eun Ji-won (2013âÂÂ2014), Yoon Min-soo (2015âÂÂ2016), Hwang Chi-yeul (2017âÂÂ2018), Moon Hee-joon (2012âÂÂ2020), and Kim Tae-woo (2018âÂÂ2020), before leaving the show after 8 years, on August 22, 2020. On August 4, Jung held a music concert at The Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul titled La Romance de Paris. On October 7, Jung joined singer James Morrison as performers for This Era's Beautiful Singer-songwriter Series - 2012 Fall Version.
On January 22, 2013, Jung was cast as one of the hosts for KBS 2TV variety show Moonlight Prince. On July 3, Jung was cast as one of the judges for Mnet's Superstar K Season 5.
On February 12, 2014, Jung becomes the sole MC for Olive TV's show Jung Jae-hyung's French Home Cooking. On March 26, Jung became a cast member for KBS 2TV's Million Seller. On September 3, Jung served as music director for the film My Brilliant Life. On October 19, Jung is selected by Hyundai Motor Company to perform for a cultural concert The Brilliant Culture Club. On December 18, Jung joined the cast of MBC's show Tutoring Across the Ages.
On January 29, 2015, Jung was appointed as the musical composer by CJ E&M for the original musical The Man Who Laughs. On July 30, Jung joins Jang Ki-ha as MC fo tvN's educational program Gentleman League.
On February 29, 2016, Jung served as one of the MC's for tvN's show Birth of a Song. On June 10, Jung joined his labelmates and appeared on Lee Jinah's MV for the song "I'm Full". On September 4, Jung hosted MBC's My Little Television on a personal broadcast with the theme of surfing. On September 15âÂÂ16, Jung joined as one of the cast for KBS's show Singing Battle - Seungbu. On September 24âÂÂ25, Jung joined his labelmates on a label concert called, Antenna the Label Concert - Hello, Antenna. On December 24, Jung won the "Male Excellence Award for Talk & Show Category" through the show ' at the 2016 KBS Entertainment Awards.
In September 2017, Jung joined his labelmates in a label concert titled With, Antenna, held in five cities in South Korea and the U.S.
On March 2, 2018, Jung joined the cast of KBS2's show Hyena on the Keyboard. On May 3, Jung announces his departure from KBS Cool FM's radio show Jaehyung Jung and Heejun Moon's Happy Life.
On June 10, 2019, Jung released the album Avec Piano (With Piano) after 9 years since 2010. On August 23âÂÂ25, Jung held his solo concert after 8 years. On October 13, Jung joined KBS 2TV's Room Corner 1st Row as new MC. On October 22, Jung becomes a cast of Olive TV's entertainment program Chicken Road. On December 7âÂÂ8, Jung held a year end concert 2019 Jung Jae-hyung's Concert L'hiver, Avec Piano.
On February 14, 2020, Jung opened as performer for The Seoul Arts Center held the Valentine's Day Concert. On April 11âÂÂ19, Jung joined his labelmates for an online relay streaming event during the COVID-19 virus infection called Everything Is OK, with Antenna. On June 6, Jung together with Jang Yoon-ju left as MC for the JTBC's show Backstage 1st Row. On July 20, Jung left ' after 8 years of being in the show. On September 29, Jung hosts a concert called 11 O'Clock Music Walk 6 - Jaehyung Jeong's Promenade.
On April 2, 2021, Jung together with labelmates Jukjae and Kwon Ji-nah, performed in a dual experience concert called Onoff Concert featuring live and real time online performances hosted by The Lotte Cultural Foundation. On March 25, Jung appeared in IU's MV for the song "Lilac". On March 31, Jung launched a series of composition through the HOME project starting with the song "Feather of the Spring". On May 4, Jung together with Uhm Jung-hwa served as hosts for tvN's On and Off. On July 15, Jung is selected as one of the seven judges for KBS's audition show The Song We Loved, New Singer. On July 21, Jung released his second single "Dance of Phrase" under the series HOME project. On October 1, Jung joined his labelmates for Kakao TV's web show Dereumyi TV: Udang Tangtang Antenna (Clumsy Antenna). On October 7, Jung released his third single "The Wave" under the series HOME project. On November 11, Jung joins Hong Jin-kyung as MC for EBS's Vegetable Earth. On December 1, Jung joined his labelmates in a Christmas carol called See You Here Next Winter Too. In December, Jung is appointed as music director for the exhibition Henri Matisse: Life and Joy presented by Gaudium Associates, a cultural content company.
On March 15, 2022, Jung was joined by Jang Yoon-ju, Lee Seok-hoon, Giriboy and Lee Moo-jin as music teachers for KBS 2TV's entertainment program National Children's Song Project - Baby Singer. On June 15, Jung partnered with The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in a charity event and performance called MMCA Stage x Jung Jae-hyung. On September 7, Jung appeared as one of the judges for JTBC's entertainment program Life Reset Re-Debut Show - Star Birth. On November 4, Jung served as one of the MC's for Coupang Play's variety show Office Romance. On December 17, Jung participated as a music director in the Busan Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art's special exhibition Postmodern Children.
On September 23, 2023, Jung started his series of performance called Jung Jae-hyung's Music Voyage, starting at Eoul Arts Center, Daegu. On October 9, Jung was featured on KBS's 50th anniversary special project Black Box on Earth as one of the performing artists in the show. On December 9, Jung joined his labelmates in a relay exhibition and concert as collaboration between Antenna and LG Arts Center called Club Arc Antenna.
On February 5, 2024, Jung was appointed to his first drama series as music director for JTBC's drama The Atypical Family. On July 16, Jung is joined by Hyeri and Shin Gyu-jin as casts for MBC's animal program Our Neighborhood Furballs. On August 15, Jung joined Jang Do-yeon and Ahn Jae-hyun as MC's for JTBC's show Last Love. On October 9, Jung was featured in the fashion magazine Elle for the month's issue. On November 7, Jung led the concert for the Lotte Love Family Concert for Lotte's employees and their families. On November 19, Jung together with Kyuhyun served as MC's for KBS 2TV's music talk show Missing (ME + SING).
On January 12, 2025, Jung participated as one of the judges for ENA's survival music show called Undercover. On May 3, Jung guested on ENA's show World Dice Tour Season 3 alongside Lee Jang-woo and Cha Joo-young as they travel Mauritius, Sahara Desert and Nile River. On June 20, Jung was joined by musician Code Kunst as hosts for Mnet's music talk show Live Wire. On August 11, Jung joined Kim Na-young for Netflix's variety show called 'Closet Wars'. On August 27, SBS announced Jung's participation as one of the judges for a music audition show called Our Ballad, to premier on September 23.
The following credits are adapted from the Korea Music Copyright Association database,https://www.komca.or.kr/srch2/srch_01_popup_mem_right.jsp?S_MB_CD=W0218800 unless indicated otherwise.
On August 2, 2011, Jung was selected as a model for his first ever commercial for Hyundai Motor Company's 'i30' car. On September 1, Jung and Jung Hyung-don (Paris Piggy), were selected as models for SK Telink in a commercial. On October 7, Jung together with Yoo Hee-yeol, were selected as the advertising models for LG Electronics' Optimus LTE smartphone.
On April 28, 2021, Jung became the first honorary guide dog ambassador for the Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Guide Dog School. On June 24, Jung joins his labelmates Kwon Jinah, Peppertones and Sam Kim in campaigning Samsung Electronics' Lifestyle TV.