Kim Byong-hwa

Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl	김병화
Hancha	金炳 和
Revised Romanization	Gim Byeong-hwa
McCune- Reischauer	Kim Pyŏnghwa
See also : Korean name

Kim Byong-hwa (born May 16, 1936 in Osaka , Japan ) is a North Korean conductor .

Kim grew up as Zainichi in Japan. In Japan he went to a North Korean school in Kobe . He belonged to the first year of the school's graduation. In 1960 he went to North Korea with his Japanese wife and studied conducting at the University of Music and Dance in Pyongyang . His wife adopted a Korean name and became a singer at the National Theater ( 국립 예술 극장 ). In 1964 he became a conductor at the National Theater , in 1969 at the National Symphony Orchestra of North Korea ( 조선 국립 교향악단 Chosŏn kungrip kyohyang aktan ). On August 18, 2000, he conducted the North Korean Symphony Orchestra in Seoul , when he performed for the first time in South Korea after the Korean War . He is a specialist for the Korean composer Yun I-sang .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 国立 交響 楽 団 首席 指揮 者 金炳華 さ ん ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on korea-np.co.jp January 5, 2009 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} 조선 국립 교향악단 책임 지휘자 김병화 . Dong-a Ilbo, August 31, 2000 (Korean).
3. ↑ NK Orchestra to Arrive August 18 . Chosun Ilbo from August 9, 2000 (English).

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Byong-hwa is the first name.