Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Accomplishments
Affiliations
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Jong Sun Woo

Jong Sun Woo

London

Summary

- ‘poetic and characterful’ (Guardian) and 'profoundly expressive' (Planet Hugill)

- Future engagements include a recital at Konzerthaus Berlin, Oxford International Song Festival, Ilkley Music Festival and Leeds Song Festival


Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work history

Répétiteur

Freelance
04.2023 - Current

July 2025 Opera Scenes - British Youth Opera

March 2025 Mozart ‘La finta giardiniera’ - The Mozartists

April 2023 Rossini ‘Il barbiere di Siviglia’ - Jackdaws OperaPlus

Staff Accompanist

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
London
09.2022 - Current

Pianist

Opera Prelude
London
09.2021 - 07.2024

- Pianist for concerts and masterclasses

Education

Artist Diploma - Piano Accompaniment

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
London
09/2021 - 07/2022

Master of Arts - Piano Accompaniment

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
London
09/2019 - 07/2021

Advanced Performance Studies - Piano

Bard College Conservatory of Music
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
08/2016 - 05/2018

Bachelor of Music - Piano

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
London
09/2010 - 07/2014

A-Levels - Music A*, French A, German B

The Purcell School
Bushey
09/2008 - 06/2010

Accomplishments

    2024 Hugo Wolf International Art Song Competition, Germany, with Giacomo Schmidt (1st Prize)

    2024 Wigmore/Bollinger International Song Competition, UK (Pianist Prize)

    2023 Leach Award for Singing, UK (Accompanist Prize)

    2023 International Schubert Lied Duo Competition, Germany , with Giacomo Schmidt (2nd Prize and Audience Prize)

    2023 International Vocal Competition s’Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, with Giacomo Schmidt (Audience Prize and Prize for the best performance of the commissioned work)

    2022 International Student Lied Duo Competition, Netherlands with Giacomo Schmidt (1st Prize and Prize for the best performance of the commissioned work)

    2022 Royal Philharmonic Society Gerald Moore Award, UK

    2022 Leeds Lieder/Schubert Institute UK Song Prize, UK

    2022 Guildhall School Paul Hamburger Prize for Song Accompaniment, UK

    2021 Maureen Lehane Vocal Awards Pianist Prize, UK

    2020 & 2022 Guildhall School English Song Prize, UK

Affiliations

  • 2025 Carnegie Hall SongStudio (Renée Fleming and Sir Bryn Terfel)
  • 2024 Britten Pears Young Artist Programme (Véronique Gens and Susan Manoff)
  • 2023/2024 Wigmore French Exchange (Dame Felicity Lott and François Le Roux)
  • 2023 Samling Artist Programme (Yvonne Kenny and Simon Lepper)
  • 2023 Internationaal Lied Festival Zeist (Elly Ameling and Robert Holl)
  • 2021/2022 Lied Akademie of Liedzentrum Heidelberger Frühling (Thomas Hampson)
  • 2022 Leeds Lieder Young Artists (Dorothea Röschmann and Graham Johnson)
  • 2021 Oxford Lieder Mastercourse (Joan Rodgers)
  • 2015 & 2016 International Musicians Seminar, Prussia Cove (Ferenc Rados and Rita Wagner)

Timeline

Répétiteur

Freelance
04.2023 - Current

Staff Accompanist

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
09.2022 - Current

Pianist

Opera Prelude
09.2021 - 07.2024

Artist Diploma - Piano Accompaniment

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
09/2021 - 07/2022

Master of Arts - Piano Accompaniment

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
09/2019 - 07/2021

Advanced Performance Studies - Piano

Bard College Conservatory of Music
08/2016 - 05/2018

Bachelor of Music - Piano

Guildhall School of Music and Drama
09/2010 - 07/2014

A-Levels - Music A*, French A, German B

The Purcell School
09/2008 - 06/2010
Jong Sun Woo