Myung-whun Chung is a South Korean conductor and pianist.
12 Facts About Myung-whun Chung
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Myung-whun Chung performed in the Chung Trio with his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung.
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Myung-whun Chung studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School.
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Myung-whun Chung has conducted virtually all the prominent European and American orchestras, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and the Vienna Philharmonic, among others.
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Myung-whun Chung was chief conductor of the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrucken from 1984 to 1990, and principal guest conductor of the Teatro Comunale Florence from 1987 to 1992.
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Myung-whun Chung was the Paris Opera's music director from 1989 to 1994, during which time he opened the inaugural season of the then-new Opera Bastille.
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Myung-whun Chung directed the world premiere of Messiaen's last work: the Concert a quatre for four soloists and orchestra, which the composer had dedicated to Myung-whun Chung and the Orchestre de la Bastille.
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Myung-whun Chung took the role of artistic director at the Asia Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997 and at the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France in 2000.
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Myung-whun Chung became the first principal guest conductor in the history of the Staatskapelle Dresden in 2012.
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Myung-whun Chung was the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's principal conductor between 2005 and 2015.
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Myung-whun Chung served as the Ambassador for the Drug Control Program at the United Nations and was Korea's Honorary Cultural Ambassador, the first in the Korean government's history.
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Myung-whun Chung served as Ambassador for the Drug Control Program at the United Nations and was Korea's first Honorary Cultural Ambassador.