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date = "2017-07-17T10:59:00-04:00"
discipline = "Tenor"
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publishDate = "2017-07-17T16:27:00-04:00"
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title = "David Junghoon Kim"
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Currently a Jette Parker Young Artist, Korean tenor David Junghoon Kim is the winner
of the much-coveted Francisco Viñas, Voci Vediane and Toulouse singing
competitions. A graduate of the Seoul National University, he made his professional
debut as Rodolfo *La bohème* and subsequently joined the Jette Parker programme in
September 2015. He made his stage debut as Venditore *Il tabarro* and was further
heard as Arturo *Lucia di Lammermoor* (also covering Edgardo), Ruiz *Il trovatore* and
Kudrjas *Kat’a Kabanova* (JPYAP summer performance).

On the concert platform Junghoon Kim has performed Verdi Requiem at the Cremona
Cathedral, Italy, and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Seoul Art Centre with Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2016/17, his appearances at the Royal Opera House include Flavio *Norma*,
Nathanael *Les contes d’Hoffmann*, Lamplighter *Manon Lescaut*, Ruiz *Il trovatore*,
Gastone *La traviata*, Augustin Moser *Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg*, Count Lerma
and Herald *Don Carlo* and Pong *Turandot* and will cover Italian Tenor *Der
Rosenkavalier*.

Looking further ahead, Junghoon Kim will return to Royal Opera House and will make
his debut with Opernhaus Zürich.
