Biographies & programs
5/28/24
12:40
Jaewon Jung
South Korea
Finalists
Eunshil Oh
South Korea
Special Awards
2er Sonderpreis ORPHEUS des Vereins Ars Augusta / Sonderpreis der Stiftung "Belle Voci"
Program
Franz Schubert
Verklärung D 59 (Alexander Pope / Johann G. Herder) - 1R
4 canzonas, D 688
Mio ben ricordati (Pietro Metastasio) - 1R
Ludwig van Beethoven
Der Kuß Op.128 (Christian F. Weisse)
Robert Schumann
Myrthen, Op.25
17. Zwei Venezianische Lieder I (Moore/Freiligrath)
18. Zwei Venezianische Lieder II (Moore/Freiligrath)
Franz Liszt
Tre Sonetti di Petrarca, S 270
1. Pace non trovo
2. Benedetto sia 'l giorno
3. Vidi in terra angelici costumi
Henri Duparc
Mélodies
1. L´invitation au voyage (Charles Baudelaire)
5. Phidelé (Leconte de Lisle) - 1R
9. Chanson triste (Jean Lahor)
Gerald Finzi
Let Us Garlands Bring, Op.18 (William Shakespeare)
5. It Was a Lover and His Lass - 1R
Roger Quilter
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op.6
1. Come Away, Death
2. O Mistress Mine
3. Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Reynaldo Hahn
A Chloris (Theophile de Viau)
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Jaewon Jung
Tenor
Year of birth:
1989
The Korean tenor Leo Jaewon Jung completed his bachelor's degree in singing at Seoul National University in 2016. Since 2018 he has been studying in the master's degree in opera with Prof. Snežana Stamenković and in the postgraduate course in solo training with Prof. Burkhard Fritz at the Mannheim State University of Music and Performing Arts.
In 2019 he received a scholarship from the Richard Wagner Association in Bayreuth. He is a winner of several competitions. In 2022 he won the 1st prize in the “Grandi Voci” competition in Salzburg, in 2021 the 3rd prize in the 6th International Singing Competition “Toscanini” and in 2019 the 2nd prize and special prize in the 22nd International Singing Competition “Città di Alcamo” in Italy.
In July 2021 he made his debut as Don José in the opera “Carmen” at Weikersheim Castle and in March 2022 as Hoffmann in the opera “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” in Maastricht, Netherlands.
He has been a member of the Pfalztheater Opera Studio since the 2022/23 season. In addition to various concert tasks and smaller roles in "The Merry Widow" and "Macbeth", he sang the main role of Nemorino in Donizetti's opera "The Love Potion" in the circus tent.
Eunshil Oh
Pianist
Korean pianist Eunshil Oh began her musical training in piano at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School. In 2012, she completed her bachelor's degree at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul. From 2016 to 2021 she studied in the master's degree and artistic graduate studies (3rd cycle) master class in the song class with Prof. Ulrike Siedel and KS Prof. Olaf Bär at the Carl Maria von Weber University of Music Dresden. During the course of her studies, she appeared in concerts at the university several times, including in the concert series “Lied-Gut”, “Masquerade” and “Lied in Dresden”. At the Semperoper Dresden she gave a concert “Turning Points - Music Scene DDR II” and a song recital with KS. Andreas Scheibner. As a piano accompanist, she took part in several master classes for singing, including at KS. Georg Zeppenfeld and Prof. Hedwig Fassbender. In 2019 she performed with the third prize winner at the International Brahms Competition.
Since 2022 she has been studying additional studies in vocal accompaniment at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts.