Seomoon Tak

Seomoon Tak (born March 3, 1978), sometimes known mononymously as Tak, is a South Korean singer, noted for her powerful voice and technically skilled wide vocal range. Her debut album Asura has been among the top 20 popular karaoke songs in South Korea for more than 20 years. In 2002, she participated in the Red Devils Cheer, the support album for the South Korea national football team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

In this Korean name, the family name is Seomoon.
Seomoon Tak
Born (1978-03-03) March 3, 1978
Seoul, South Korea
EducationBerklee College of Music – Music Production & Engineering
Korea University - Sociology
Occupation(s)Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Actress, Entrepreneur
Years active1999–present
AgentRocking Entertainment
Korean name
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeo Muntak
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Munt'ak
Websiteseomoontak.com
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Biography

Seomoon Tak is an alumna of Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, and majored in music production and engineering. She debuted in 1999 and sold her first album, Asura, over 300,000 copies and her second album, Seomoon Tak II, over 300,000 copies. After she debuted in South Korea, she regularly had more than 1,000 live performances per year, and radio and TV shows appearances. She released 6 studio albums (Korean), 2 studio albums (Japanese), and 2 single albums, and recorded multiple movie and television soundtracks. Marty Friedman, the guitarist of Megadeath, also featured her second Japanese album.

Seomoon Tak plays in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical) as Yitzhak

Besides her recordings, she was cast as Yitzhak, the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Acid Queen, and the musical The Who's Tommy in both Korea and Japan for many years. She is the first and only Asian Berklee student who was selected to perform for both "Singer's Night" and "Singer's Showcase" in front of over a thousand audiences at Berklee Performance Center for multiple times.

In 2012, she appeared on the South Korean singing competition television show I Am a Singer 2. She survived for five months until the final round of the season.

Upon the release of her second single in summer 2013, she started a project band, Seomoon Tak Band, which held several concerts in South Korea. Seomoon Tak has been performing in small and large venues around the world, including the latest performances in 2022 in New York City and New Orleans.

In 2022, Seomoon Tak co-founded the TAK Company, an entertainment, food and beverage servicing company in the U.S. to promote Korean culture and entertainment.

Discography
YearAlbum Title Title Song
1999Asura Love, that never fades... 사랑, 결코 시들지 않는...
2000Seomoontak II Chain 사슬
2001Sudden Death All you need is love 사미인곡(思美人曲)
2004Now Here You more than you 난 너보다 널
2005Pianissima Even if I laugh, I cry 웃어도 눈물이 나
2007Leap of Truth Leave My Love 가거라 사랑아
2009Victoria Victoria
2013Corona Corona 코로나
2014The Seventh Spring The Seventh Spring 일곱 번째 봄
2015U & I
2015Love, Whatever[1]
2019 Seomoon Tak Best Studio Live Concert

Television Appearances
  • National Singer (TvN) (2022)
  • Immortal Songs (Season 2) (KBS)
    • I wanna dance with somebody (2022)
    • I look to you (2022)
    • Believer (feat. SF9 Inseong) (2021)
    • Desperado (2021)
    • The Power Of Love (2021)
    • I Was Born To Love You (2019)
  • Immortal Songs I (KBS)
    • International Music Festival (2015)
    • Seven Divas Special (2015) Final Winner
    • To My Baby (Koo Chang Mo) (2015)
    • Mona Lisa (2014)
  • Concert 7080 (KBS) 2015
  • Open Concert (KBS) 2015
  • 100 Songs (JTBC) 2015
  • King of Mask Singer (MBC) (episodes 63, 64)
  • Singing Battle (Moontak was a Hidden Card)(KBS) (2016)
  • I Am A Singer (Season 2)
    • Singer of October (MBC) (2012)
    • Love Rain (MBC) (2012)

See also

References
  1. "Seomoon Tak Official". Seomoon Tak Official Website. Retrieved 2015-08-16.
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