- Birthday
- 1953-01-22
- Place of Birth
- Seoul, South Korea
Myung-Whun Chung
ActingBiography
Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953, Seoul) is a South Korean conductor and pianist. Chung studied piano with Maria Curcio and won joint second-prize in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. He performed in the Chung Trio with his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung. Chung studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School. He has conducted virtually all the prominent European and American orchestras including the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Chicago Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic, and...
