Biography

Place of Birth
Seoul (KR)

Place of Residence
New York (US)

Studies

• Mannes School of Music (US), Prof. David Hayes
• Barenboim-Said Akademie (DE), Prof. Jörg Widmann
• The Juilliard School (US), Profs. Samuel Adler, Matthias Pintscher

Prizes

• Concours de Genève 2017 (CH), 1st Prize Composition
• The Bucharest Conducting Competition 2024 (RO), 3rd Prize
• Llíria International Conducting Competition 2025 (ES), 1st Prize

Highlights

• London Symphony Orchestra (UK) / Lucerne Festival (CH), Step-in Conductor, 2018
• Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich (CH), Conducting Fellow, 2022-2023
• Verbier Festival Orchestra (CH), Conducting Fellow, 2023
• ensemble blank (KR), Artistic Director, 2015-Present 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

• L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
• F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
• P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
• R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

• G. Bizet: Symphony in C
• L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
• F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

• Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
• R. Saunders: Scar

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• C. Debussy: La Mer
• R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
• R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

• B. Bartók : Suite du mandarin merveilleux  
• G. Mahler: Totenfeier