At the age of 16 he started with autodidactic guitar playing and first attempts to invent music. In 1984 he went to Berlin, where he found his first teacher and supporter, Carlo Domeniconi.
From 1989-1995 he completed his studies in composition at the Berlin University of Arts (HdK Berlin) with Prof. Jolyon Brettingham-Smith.

A further encounter of great significance was his acquaintance with the Korean master drummer Kim Duk-Soo, who introduced Chung to Korean percussion music and thus made a lasting impression upon Chung’s rhythmic perception.
In the year 2001 he co-founded the multi national ensemble IIIZ+ and in
2009 he co-founded the AsianArt Ensemble with instruments from China, Japan, Korea and Europe whose artistic direction he has held since then.

In october 2011 the 80-minutes long work „Part of Nature” was premiered with great success in the National Theater of Korea in Seoul. In 2013 the work was performed again at the same place.
2012 the AsianArt Ensemble was awarded with the „Germen Record Critics’ Award” for their first CD.
2012-2013 he wrote compositions for ensembles with asian and european instruments, among them „GRAVITY” for daegeum, sheng, bass koto, and ensemble, commissioned by the ernst von siemens musikstiftung for the festival SOUNDSCAPE EASTASIA.
2014 his epic music theatre „KASSANDRA” was premiered by the Gayageum Ensemble SAGYE & guests in the National Gugak Center in Seoul.

Since february 2014 he is leading the composition department in the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt.
2016 he was composer in residence of the National Orchestra of Korea.
2017 he directed the international festival for transcultural music 'Turbulenzen’.
Since 2019 he has held professorship for composition and contemporary music at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstadt.
2023 the Concerto for Sheng and Chinese Orchestra „Cycle” was commissioned and premiered by sheng master Wu Wei and the Kaoshiung Chinese Orchestra.

2024 he will be composer in residence in the project „Music for Tomorrow” in Seoul.
2026 his first Symphony for Korean Instrument Orchestra will be premiered by the Seoul Metropolitan Traditional Orchestra.

Foto (credit: Volker Blumenthaler)