Sumi Hwang
Sumi Hwang (born January 25, 1986 in Daegu ) is a South Korean opera singer ( soprano ).
Career
After attending the High School of the Arts in Seoul , Sumi Hwang began her vocal studies at Seoul National University with Hyunjoo Yun in 2004, completing her master's degree in 2011 ( bachelor's degree in 2008 and master's degree in music in 2011 ).
In 2011 she moved to Europe to start the postgraduate courses in singing / music theater or concert singing with Frieder Lang at the University of Music and Theater in Munich . It is there that she also attends Donald Sulzen's song class.
Sumi Hwang has already appeared in several opera roles , such as the princess in Maurice Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges (2010, National Opera Korea) or the Norina in Gaetano Donizetti's I pazzi per progetto under the direction of Ulf Schirmer (2012, Prinzregententheater Munich ).
She sang concerts with , among others, the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra ( Liederhalle Stuttgart ), the Osnabrück Symphony Orchestra and appeared in studio concerts for the Bavarian Radio in Munich and at the opera gala in Flensburg . In summer 2013 she sang Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem in the Wieskirche on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of "Festlicher Sommer in der Wies". In summer 2014 she again took on the role of soprano in the Verdi Requiem at a concert with MünchenKlang in the New Parish Church of St. Margaret . In 2014, she had a TV appearance at the Christmas concert with the Federal President .
From 2014 to 2018 Sumi Hwang was a member of the ensemble at the Bonn Opera . In the 2019/2020 season she is at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden .
Prizes and awards
- 2009: First Prize National Opera Singing Competition (Korea).
- 2010: Second Prize in the Seil Song Competition (Korea).
- 2012: First prize and the audience prize at the Grandi Voci competition in Salzburg .
- 2012: Second prize in the ARD international music competition in Munich .
- 2013: First prize in singing from the Kulturkreis Gasteig Music Prize .
- 2013: First prize in the Anneliese Rothenberger competition in Constance .
- 2014: Prize from the Federal President at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition.
- 2014: First prize in the Concours Musical Reine Elisabeth in singing.
Web links
- Sumi Hwang's website
- Sumi Hwang at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Münchner Merkur-Online - Sumi Hwang
- ↑ University of Music and Theater Munich .
- ↑ Festive summer in the Wies
- ↑ MünchenKlang: Giuseppe Verdi - Messa da Requiem Bayerische Sängerzeitung, September 2014, No. 8/9.
- ↑ ZDF Christmas concert 2014
- ^ Theater Bonn - Ensemble
- ↑ Sumi Hwang - biography
- ↑ Camerata Munich - Sumi Hwang (soprano)
- ↑ 3rd Grandi Voci Singing Competition 2012
- ↑ ARD music competition prize winners 2012 ( Memento from January 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Winner of the Kulturkreis Gasteig Music Prize 2013
- ↑ Anneliese Rothenberger Competition 2013
- ↑ Sumi Hwang receives the Federal President's Prize 2014
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SURNAME | Hwang, Sumi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South Korean opera singer (soprano) |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Daegu , South Korea |