The Pride of Korean Orchestras Reaching Out to the World
The Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in October 1997 as the Gyeonggi-do Provincial Orchestra to improve the quality of life for the 13 million residents, popularize culture and arts and expand their base in Gyeonggi-do Province. It has performed the Anthology Series, Masterpiece Series and others including Beethoven Cycle, Brahms Cycle, and Schumann Cycle, garnering acclaim for staging excellent performances. In addition, its repertoire of the operas has been well distinguished through regular collaborations with the Korea National Opera, the Seoul Metropolitan Opera, among others.
In 2014, the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra was invited to represent S. Korea at “Asia Orchestra Week” in Japan and, in the following year, the Orchestra performed at the Berlin Philharmonie –the first Korean orchestra ever – and was also invited to the Musikfestspiele Saar, achieving rave reviews by the local media. In 2017, the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra set another remarkable milestone with the invitation at the Musikfest Berlin as the first Asian orchestra. After having performed in Katowice, following an invitation of Polish Radio Katowice, the Orchestra is emerging as an acclaimed prestigious Asian orchestra.
In 2016, world-renowned Maestro Riccardo Muti, who is famous for being discerning and meticulous in his orchestra choice, has honored the Gyeonggi Philharmonic with his presence as a guest conductor at the memorable concert, and gave a glowing review of the orchestra as one that “responds nimbly to the conductor’s demands”. Maestro Muti also led the orchestra in the opening of Asia’s first “Muti Opera Academy”, and continued his cooperation in 2017 as well. Pinchas Zukerman, who first performed with the orchestra in 2016, joined the Gyeonggi Philharmonic for the second time in 2018. Moreover, the Orchestra has accompanied performances with the world’s best players such as Shlomo Mintz, Vilde Frang, Kate Royal, Elsa Dreisig, and Marianna Pizzolato, and has been led by world-class guest conductors such as Jaap van Zweden, Nikolaj Znaider, and Lior Shambadal.
In 2015, the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra released the album Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler with DECCA for the first time among orchestras in S. Korea.
Performance Schedule
Artistic Director

Music Director Kim Sun-wook
- Profile
- Graduated from Korea National University of Arts
- Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, MA in Conducting
- Member, Wan Conservatory of Music (FRAM)
- Awards
- 1998 Playing Piano Competition 1st Prize
- 1998 Teenage Piano Competition 1st Prize
- 1998 Music Education Newspaper Competition Piano Grand Prize
- 1999 Samik Beckstein Piano Competition 1st Prize
- 2000 Ewha Kyunghyang Music Competition 1st Prize
- 2004 1st Prize in Senior Division, Ettlingen International Piano Competition, Germany
- 2005 Clara Haskil International Piano Competition Winner
- 2006 Leeds International Piano Competition Youngest Winner
- 2006 Kumho Musician Award
- 2009 Young Artist of the Day Award in the Music category
- 2015 9th Daewon Music Awards Performance Award
conductor
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Jisoo Kim conductor
Concertmasters
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Yun ui Lee Concertmasters
Musicians
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Bumjin Lee Musicians
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Minseok Shin Musicians
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Jinhak Hwang Musicians
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Hyunsu Lim Musicians
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Yurhee Chae Musicians
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Insun Sung Musicians
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Nahyun Lee Musicians
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Nochevka Alexey Musicians
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Daehee Choo Musicians
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Jaelyoung La Musicians
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Hyunggeun Lee Musicians
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Jaehyun Yoon Musicians
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Yewon Kim Musicians
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Samjoong Kim Musicians
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Sunjung Noh Musicians
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Ilji Kim Musicians
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Keunwoo Ra Musicians
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Bahm Kim Musicians
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Wuiwon Hwang Musicians
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Hyejung Choi Musicians
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Seunghan Noh Musicians
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Bonghwan Kwak Musicians
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Daesup Jang Musicians
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Inkyung Kim Musicians
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Eunyoung Lee Musicians
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Sanghyo Lee Musicians
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Ahhee Cho Musicians
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Laehoon Jeong Musicians
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Jungeun Shin Musicians
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Youngsu Choi Musicians
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Yeounsoo Kim Musicians
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Wooteck Lee Musicians
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Younghee Kim Musicians
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Leelyung Park Musicians
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Chulwoo Kim Musicians
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Yuri Jung Musicians
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Jinsun Kim Musicians
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Myungho Wang Musicians
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Hyea Ra Lee Musicians
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ShinHyung Yoo Musicians
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Youngmin Kwon Musicians
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Seonhye Lee Musicians
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Haejeong Park Musicians
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Heejung Kwon Musicians
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Juyoung Lee Musicians
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Jaedo Yoo Musicians
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Albina Shin Musicians
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Hyoyeon Hwang Musicians
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Jungwon Kim Musicians
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Jihyea Ham Musicians
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Jaeman Park Musicians
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MiJung Kwon Musicians
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Yugyeong Choi Musicians
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Jieun Kim Musicians
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Choongki Kang Musicians
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Romi Lee Musicians
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Jumi Youn Musicians
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Haeyum Park Musicians
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Sanghoon Han Musicians
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Jieun An Musicians
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Donghyun Lee Musicians
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Sunhee Kim Musicians
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Jihye Lim Musicians
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Kameliya Kirilova Musicians
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Sara Yu Musicians
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Kowoon Choi Musicians
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Jieun Lee Musicians
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Min Kim Musicians
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Kyongbin Jung Musicians
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Hyeungki An Musicians
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Yunkyung Cho Musicians
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Jiwon Kang Musicians
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Sungjoo Hong Musicians
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Jayoon Lee Musicians
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Seunglim Roh Musicians
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Yunhee Jung Musicians
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Donghyun Kim Musicians
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Yejin Han Musicians
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Jiha Lee Musicians
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Yehna Lee Musicians
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Heewon Woo Musicians
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Eunsol Hong Musicians
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Yunhee Chin Musicians
Producers
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Sanghyun Lee Producers
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Jonghyeok Choi Producers
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Sungjin Cho Producers
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Ara Cho Producers
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Juwon Eom Producers
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Wooteck Lee Producers
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Ahhee Cho Producers
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Minsu Jeon Producers
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Kangwoo Lee Producers
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Keunsung Lee Producers