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Eun Sun Kim

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 Photo by Ugo Ponte

Recently named The New York Times 2021 Breakout Star in Classical Music, Korean conductor Eun Sun Kim is the Caroline H. Hume Music Director of San Francisco Opera. The first woman to serve as music director of one of America's largest opera companies, she is "making history while ensuring the future of classical music in a digital age," as The New York Times declared.

Please join us for a conversation with one of the brightest stars in classical music today.


This program is made possible by the support from Yang Won Sun Foundation.


 

Young Professionals' Network
Eun Sun Kim

Wednesday, May 25, 2022 | 6:30 PM (EDT)

 


The Korea Society
350 Madison Avenue, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10017

 

 


ABOUT THE SPEAKER:

 Photo Credit: Kim Tae Hwan

Eun Sun Kim is the Caroline H. Hume Music Director of San Francisco Opera. Her presence in North America was first established with performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Cincinnati Symphony and La traviata at Houston Grand Opera, with the latter earning her an appointment as the company’s first Principal Guest Conductor in twenty-five years. Ms. Kim has enjoyed additional North American successes at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, and Los Angeles Philharmonic. She is a regular guest conductor at opera houses across Europe, including Wiener Staatsoper, Staatsoper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Royal Swedish Opera, Royal Danish Opera, Den Norske Opera, Opernhaus Zürich, and Oper Frankfurt. Concert performances comprise appearances with Orchestre de Paris, Beethoven Orchestra Bonn, and Stuttgart Philharmonic, as well as orchestras in Madrid, Marseille, Munich, Lille, Nancy, Palermo, Turin, Milwaukee, Calgary, and Santiago de Compostela.

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