Conductor Yun Sung Chang majored composition at College of
Music, Seoul National University and completed the
concentration in conductor course at the graduate school. During
the study at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna,
Austria, he won the second prize in conductor at the 1st
International Prokofiev Competition held in St. Petersburg,
Russia in 1993. He also won the second prize without a first prize
winner at the International Conductor Competition held in Tokyo,
Japan in 1997.
He conducted many internationally renowned orchestras
including St. Petersburg Philharmony, Pt. Petersburg Symphony,
and Camerata St. Petersburg of Russia, Tokyo Symphony, Osaka
Philharmony, and Sendai Philharmony of Japan, Wiener Concert
Verein and Klagenfurt Symphony of Austria, Robert Schumann
Philharmonic Orchestra Chemnitz and Nuremberg Symphony of
Germany, Rome Symphony of Italy, Orquesta Clasica Santa Cecilia Madrid of Spain, MAV Symphony
Orchestra of Hungary, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Prague Symphony, Bruno Symphony, and,
Janacek Philharmonic of Czech, Krakow Radio Symphony of Poland, Kharkov Symphony of Ukraine,
and Belgrade Symphony of Serbia.
In addition, he conducted the performance tour of four cities in Germany with Nuremberg Symphony
of Germany, Japan tour of KBS Symphony, Korean tour of Marinsky Opera Orchestra and Camerata St.
Petersburg of Russia, Austria's Klagenfurt and St. Poelten tour of Bruno Philharmonic Orchestra and
Janacek Philharmonic of Czech, ballet performances of Universal Ballet at UK's Sadlers Wells
Theatre, US's Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Canada's Vancouver Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Tokyo and
Osaka tour of Seoul Metropolitan Opera, etc. ranging from symphony and ballet music to opera.
In 1995, he had the first European performance of "Korea",Canada's Vancouver Queen Elizabeth
Theatre, Tokyo and Osaka tour of Seoul Metropolitan Opera, etc. ranging from symphony and ballet
music to opera.
In 1995, he had the first European performance of "Korea", Krzysztof Penderecki's Symphony No.5, in
Krakow, Poland, the first Korean performance of "Gurre-Lieder" of Schoenberg, Symphony No. 2 of
Alfredo Casella, Symphony in C-sharp minor by Ernest Bloch, etc. and, many other first performances
of compositions of Korean composers, actively working with a broad range of repertoire from classic
to modern and contemporary.
He took up the positions such as full-time conductor of Osaka College Opera House of Japan,
standing conductor of Ulsan Municipal Symphony, standing conductor of Changwon Municipal
Symphony, standing conductor of Daejeon Municipal Symphony, full-time conductor of Gunpo Prime
Phil, etc. He produced a record disk in the label of Japan's Camerata. Currently, he works as
professor in conductor major at the Dept. of Composition, College of Music, Seoul National
University and Seoul & Vienna Art Director at Soli Deo Gloria Music Association.