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The American soprano, Lucia Hyunju Song, obtained her Professional Studies certificate from the Manhattan School of Music; her Master of Music degree from Manhattan School of Music; and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University. She was the winner of the German Lieder Society Competition and First Prize-winner from the William Garrison Competition, and also received the Best Liszt Interpretation Award from from the Baltimore Washington chapter of the the American Liszt Society. She was one of the recipients of the 2003-2005 New Triad for Collaborative Arts fellowship awards, for which she was awarded concert performances in and around New York City.
Lucia Hyunju Song is widely praised for her vocal talents and refined musicianship, and was described by Opera News as ‘an exceptionally lovely voice, exquisitely touching’. In 2009, she made her New Jersey State Opera debut in the title role as Serpina in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona. She made her Korean opera debut in the title role in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel at the National Theater of Korea. Recent operatic roles include Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Adina in L’Elisir d’Amor, Pamina and Königin der Nacht in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Gilda in Rigoletto, First Witch in Dido and Aeneas, and The Widow in The Boor by Dominick Argento.
As a concert artist, Lucia Hyunju Song sings with numerous orchestras, and has appeared as a soloist in Schubert’s C Major Mass, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat (BWV 243), W.A. Mozart's C minor Mass, Gabriel Fauré's Requiem, and W.A. Mozart's Requiem. She has been invited to perform at the Washington Square Music Festival (2014), the Midday Concerts at the United Nations, the Penn Alps “Schrock Memorial Concert” sponsored by the Alta Schrock Memorial Fund, and in faculty recitals at Rice and Indiana Universities.
Lucia Hyunju Song teaches Voice at Bard Conservatory: Preparatory Faculty. |
