Shiyeon Sung

Born in Pusan, South Korea, Shiyeon Sung won various prizes as a young pianist. From 2001 to 2006, she studied orchestral conducting with Rolf Reuter at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin and continued her education with Jorma Panula in Stockholm. When she was appointed assistant conductor at the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2007, her reputation as one of the most exciting emerging talents on the international music circuit was already secure: shortly before, Shiyeon Sung had won the International Conductors’ Competition Sir Georg Solti and the Gustav Mahler Conductors’ Competition in Bamberg.

She began a close collaboration with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2009, the orchestra established an associate conductor’s position especially for her, which she held until 2013. As chief conductor of the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra from 2014 until 2017, she led the orchestra to international success. Shiyeon Sung and her orchestra were the first Asian orchestra to be invited for a guest appearance at the Musikfest Berlin.

The impressive list of orchestras that Shiyeon Sung has worked with includes the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She makes her debut with the Concertgebouworkest.