Kim Il-jin

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 김일진
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Il-jin
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Ilyin

Kim Il-jin (* 1956 in Manpo ) is a North Korean conductor .

He studied cello at the University of Music and Dance in Pyongyang and conducting at the Moscow Conservatory . In Germany he attended conducting courses. In 1985 in West Berlin he received a 2nd prize (the 1st prize was not awarded) at the international competition of the Herbert von Karajan Foundation for his conducting . He is the conductor of the Yun I Sang Philharmonic Orchestra (kor. 윤이상 관현악단 Yun I-sang kwanhyŏn aktan ), a chamber orchestra in Pyongyang , which he founded in 1990.

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, Il-jin is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Il-jin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김일진 (Hangeul); Gim, Il-jin (revised Romanization); Kim, Iljin (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean conductor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Manpo