South Korean tenor wins top Trinity award
A young tenor from South Korea has won the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award and the top prize of £4,000.
Jung Soo Yun impressed judges Brian Hughes and Dr Terry James in the closing event in the Trinity Arts Festival which saw five other soloist reach the final for the coveted prize.
A music graduate of Yonsei University in Seoul, Jung Soo has gained a Master of Music degree with distinction in 2008 and Master of Opera with distinction in November 2009 before being awarded the Director's Scholarship to study at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice under Dennis O'Neill CBE in September 2009.
His repertoire for the competition included Kuda, Kuda from Tchaikovsy’s Eugene Onegin, Si mes ver avaient des ailes by Hahn, Am feierabend from Die Schone Mullerin by Schubert and Che gelida manina from Puccini’s La bohème.
The other competitors to reach the final of the competition were tenor Robyn Lyn Evans, from Tregaron, Irish mezzo-soprano, Máire Flavin, Swansea Soprano Natalya Romaniw, Counter Tenor Russell Harcourt from Australia, and mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte from Lithuania both of whom made last year’s final.
Vice Chancellor Dr Medwin Hughes said “I warmly congratulate all of the finalists on their performances this evening. It is a fitting end to the month the artistic events that we have enjoyed as part of the Trinity Arts Festival. The Stuart Burrows International Voice Award grows from strength to strength and we are honoured that the world renowned tenor lends his name to the competition.”
Jung Soo Yun, winner of the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award 2010
Natalya Romaniw, Robyn Lyn Evans, Máire Flavin, Dr Medwin Hughes, Jung Soo Yun, Justina Gringyte, Russell Harcourt and Artistic Director Eilir Owen Griffiths.
Jung Soo Yun impressed judges Brian Hughes and Dr Terry James in the closing event in the Trinity Arts Festival which saw five other soloist reach the final for the coveted prize.
A music graduate of Yonsei University in Seoul, Jung Soo has gained a Master of Music degree with distinction in 2008 and Master of Opera with distinction in November 2009 before being awarded the Director's Scholarship to study at the Cardiff International Academy of Voice under Dennis O'Neill CBE in September 2009.
His repertoire for the competition included Kuda, Kuda from Tchaikovsy’s Eugene Onegin, Si mes ver avaient des ailes by Hahn, Am feierabend from Die Schone Mullerin by Schubert and Che gelida manina from Puccini’s La bohème.
The other competitors to reach the final of the competition were tenor Robyn Lyn Evans, from Tregaron, Irish mezzo-soprano, Máire Flavin, Swansea Soprano Natalya Romaniw, Counter Tenor Russell Harcourt from Australia, and mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte from Lithuania both of whom made last year’s final.
Vice Chancellor Dr Medwin Hughes said “I warmly congratulate all of the finalists on their performances this evening. It is a fitting end to the month the artistic events that we have enjoyed as part of the Trinity Arts Festival. The Stuart Burrows International Voice Award grows from strength to strength and we are honoured that the world renowned tenor lends his name to the competition.”
Jung Soo Yun, winner of the Stuart Burrows International Voice Award 2010
Natalya Romaniw, Robyn Lyn Evans, Máire Flavin, Dr Medwin Hughes, Jung Soo Yun, Justina Gringyte, Russell Harcourt and Artistic Director Eilir Owen Griffiths.
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