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Gihoon Kim

Baritone

  • Gihoon Kim was named BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2021 – 'winner Gihoon Kim rose highest with a velvet baritone capable of inspiring tears and awe.' (The Guardian)


    From South Korea, Kim has risen to prominence following a string of international competition successes, including winning Second Prize and the Audience Prize at Operalia 2019, and the Second Prize at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

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  • Highlights of the 2024/25 season include a house debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Schaunard La Bohème, as well as a role and house debut as Marchese di Posa Don Carlo at the Royal Danish Theatre, which Kim also sings at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In future seasons, Kim returns to Dallas Opera and makes his Salzburg Osterfestspiele debut.


    Last season, Kim made a string of significant debuts, including at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Marcello La Bohème, Dallas Opera as Scarpia Tosca, the Bayerische Staatsoper as Schaunard La Bohème and Deutsche Oper Berlin as Giorgio Germont La Traviata. Other recent highlights include his US debut with Washington National Opera as Marcello La Bohème, a role which also saw him make his debut at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Korea National Opera.


    Kim is a former member of the Junges Ensemble at Staatstheater Hannover which he joined after his studies with Kwan-dong Kim at the Yonsei University in Seoul.

    2024/25 season / 224 words. Not to be altered without permission.

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'Winner Gihoon Kim rose highest with a velvet baritone capable of inspiring tears and awe.'

The Guardian, June 2021

'Gihoon has a Rolls Royce of a voice... he has breath control that goes on forever.'

BBC Music Magazine, June 2021

'And what a voice... burnished and beautiful, what breath control.'

The Arts Desk, June 2021

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Intermusica represents Gihoon Kim worldwide

Nathan Morrison
Director / Head of Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9923
nmorrison@intermusica.com

LeOui van Rensburg
Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 (0) 7548 315 903
lvan-rensburg@intermusica.com

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