Soprano _ Sumi Hwang

After winning the Concours Reine Elisabeth competition in Brussels, she became a member of the ensemble at the Theater Bonn for four years, where she debuted in roles such as Micaëla in Carmen, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, while also appearing on stage as Liù in a revival of Turandot. Expanding her roles, she went on to perform Almirena (Rinaldo), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare in Egitto), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Marzelline (Fidelio), Leïla (Les pêcheurs de perles) and Mimì (La Bohème).

As a lied singer, Sumi Hwang regularly collaborates with pianist Helmut Deutsch, with whom she has performed various recitals in Europe and Asia, making her debut as part of the Rosenblatt Recitals at London's Wigmore Hall. Her first solo debut album with lieder/songs was released in 2019.

She has performed under the baton of prominent conductors such as MyungWhoon Chung, Christoph Eschenbach, Markus Stenz, Sakari Oramo, David Reiland.

Since 2022 Sumi Hwang has been working as a professor of singing at Kyunghee University in Seoul.