Shi-Yeon Sung

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Shi-Yeon Sung
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Busan
Nationality South Korean
OccupationClassical conductor
EmployerGyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra
Known forFirst woman to win first prize in the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors Competition
Korean name
Hangul
성시연
Hanja
Revised Romanization Seong Siyeon
McCune–Reischauer Sŏng Siyŏn

Shi-Yeon Sung (born 1975, in Busan) is a South Korean classical conductor. In 2006, she became the first woman to win first prize in the Sir Georg Solti International Conductors' Competition. [2] In 2007, she won second prize in Bamberg's Gustav Mahler Conducting Competition (no first prize was given that year). That year, she became the first female assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a post she held through 2010. [3] Among the orchestras she has conducted are the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra [4] and the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington, D.C.. [5] She was the associate conductor of the Seoul Philharmonic from 2009 to 2013. She served as the artistic director and chief conductor of Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra from January 2014 until 2017. In 2022, she was appointed to the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra. [6]

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  1. ↑ "國臺交【協奏的藝術】音樂會 再現三重協奏曲向樂聖致敬 指揮成沶妍&許奈德三重奏同台競技". HiNet News. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "International Conductors' Competition". dirigentenwettbewerb-solti.de. Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V., Stadler Kemnitz Sahm. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Angel, Amanda (4 September 2013). "Top Five Women Conductors on the Rise". WQXR. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Official biography". Archived from the original on 24 January 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "Violinist Sarah Chang and Conductor Shiyeon Sung Join the National Symphony Orchestra Saturday, July 11, at Wolf Trap". Wolf Trap. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Principal Guest Conductor appointed". Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra . 2023. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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