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Born in Seoul. She holds a master's degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She has won many awards including the Belvedere International Vocal Competition (Austria), the Puccini Aranese International Competition, and the DiCapo Opera Competition (U.S.A.) She made her opera debut in 1999 as the title role in Don Giovanni at the San Francisco Opera House. In 2001, she made her European debut as Ping in Turandot at the Rheinische Staatsoper. Since then, he has appeared extensively around the world, including the roles of Figaro in "The Barber of Seville" at the Opera Bordeaux, the Dutchman in "The Wandering Dutchman" at the Bangkok Opera, and Escamillo in "Carmen" at the Nevada Opera.
In Japan, he made his debut in 2001 as Papageno in "The Magic Flute" at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. She has appeared in operas produced by the Hyogo Performing Arts Center as Sharpless and Yamadori in "Madame Butterfly," Angelotti in "Tosca," and Guglielmo in "Così fan tutte. She has also appeared with many Japanese orchestras, including Yutaka Sado and the Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra in subscription concerts as "German Requiem" and "Carmina Burana", New Japan Philharmonic and Arminck in the role of Frank in "Die Fledermaus", Junichi Hirokami and the Kyoto Symphony Orchestra in "Missa solemnis", Shigeo Konda and the Sapporo Symphony Orchestra in the "HTB Asahi Silvester Concert", etc. She has also appeared as a guest conductor in the "HTB Asahi Silvester Concert". She has also performed with many Japanese orchestras, including the "Suntory 10,000 People's Chorus. He has also appeared frequently in "Suntory Ninth of Ten Thousand People" and TV Asahi's "Ongaku no Namae no Nai Ongakukai".
She has released a CD "Questo Amor ~Kono Ai wo" from Avex Classics.
In his native Korea, he has gained immense popularity through his frequent appearances as the theme song for the national broadcasting station (KBS)'s epic drama "King Sejong the Great" and in "The Open Concert".