Jury

CHOI Sang-Ho

Rep of Korea; Tenor

Born in Seoul, CHOI Sang-Ho graduated from Seoul’s Yonsei University and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in Germany, and began his opera career on the stages of Frankfurt, Kassel and Leipzig. Extraordinarily versatile, he has an extensive repertoire encompassing more than 45 roles, ranging from Mozart’s Tamino, Ferrando and Belmonte to the tenor roles in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore “Nemorino” and Lucia di Lammermoor “Edgardo”, F. Lehar’s Das Land des Lächelns (The Land of Smiles) “Prinz Sou-Chong”, Verdi’s La traviata “Alfredo” and Tchaikovsky’s Evgeny Onegin “Lensky”. Mr. CHOI has also earned a reputation for his effort to help young singers cultivate their skills, including teaching master classes at the Hochschule für Musik Berlin (Hans Eisler), and serves on the juries of numerous international music competitions.
He has been working as a professor at Korea National University of Arts since 1999, and is taking on a new role as director of the Korea National Opera from 2023.