both supporting and challenging them - all too-rare qualities in a conductor,' he has said. 'I was very impressed with her incredible facility with languages and her ability to communicate with the singers. 'Eun Sun is a conductor of limitless talent at the outset of an important career,' Houston Grand Opera Music Director, Patrick Summers has said. to join such a team is an honour and a pleasure,' she has said.

'I'm thrilled to join the Houston Grand Opera as principal guest conductor. There are a variety of performance opportunities in mainstage productions and recitals.The Houston Grand Opera, in Texas, United States, has this week announced the appointment of 37-year-old South Korean conductor Eun Sun Kim as its new Principal Guest Conductor – effective from the commencement of the 2019-2020 season.Ī graduate of the Yonsei University and the Stuttgart University of Music, she is a former 1st prize winner at the Jesus Lopez Cobos International Opera Conducting Competition.Įun Sun has worked previously as an Assistant Conductor at the Teatro Real, in Madrid - and has led productions at the Oper Frankfurt, English National Opera and the Royal Opera Stockholm.

HGO Studio training encompasses not only individual vocal instruction but also training in all other aspects of a performance-based career: foreign languages, dramatic studies, stage combat, and diction, as well as classes on stress management, public relations, audition techniques, taxes and personal finance, and artist representation. The HGO Studio is led by Brian Speck, Director of HGO Studio, and Richard Bado, HGO’s Director of Artistic Operations. Founded in 1977 by former General Director David Gockley and composer Carlisle Floyd, the HGO Studio remains one of the most prestigious artist-in-training programs worldwide and has served as a model for similar programs in the U.S. Along with the HGO Orchestra and Chorus, it is one of the 3 artistic pillars of the company. The internationally acclaimed Houston Grand Opera Studio program trains young artists with potential for professional careers in opera. This performance marks the Tony award-winners first return to Houston since she made her Houston Grand Opera debut in 2006 in a double-bill of monodramas.

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