Kwan Hyun Kim

Bass-baritone Kwan-Hyun Kim studied at the Kwangju Art University, and at the music academy of Cologne. He won first and second prizes from international competitions in Cologne and in Bergheim. A former resident artist of opera houses in Aachen and Düsseldorf, he worked with the Aachen Symphony Orchestra, the WDR Sinfonieorchester of Cologne, in the Korean community in Germany, and at the festival of St. Moritz, Switzerland. He has to his credit over 200 operatic performances at Aachen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Braunschweig, at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, and in the Beethoven House of Bonn. He was part of the Korea National Opera production of Die Zauberflöte, appeared in La traviata and Tosca at the Incheon Opera Festival, and toured in Japan and in China. His repertoire comprises leading parts in La bohème, Tosca, Aida, Gianni Schicchi, La traviata, Carmen, Così fan tutte, Madama Butterfly, Die Zauberflöte, The Telephone (Gian Carlo Menotti), Les Contes d’Hoffmann, L’elisir d’amore, Adriana Lecouvreur, and other operas. He is a teacher at Kwangju University, a resident artist in the Beseto Opera Company, and artistic director of the S&A Company.