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Tokyo Music Competition

CHUNG Kanghan

CHUNG Kanghan

Tenor
Born in: Bucheon, Korea
1st place, Voice Section, The 23rd Tokyo Music Competition 2025

Musical Study Experiences

February 2023 Graduated from Seoul Arts High School (Seoul, Korea)
2025 Studies at Seoul National University (Seoul, Korea)

Teachers

He has studied under Raphael KIM and Attila JUN.

Musical Careers

2024 3rd Place for Opera Course, Age-U; Espoir Prize for Art Song Course, Age-U; the 25th OSAKA International Music Competition
2nd Place, the 37th Korean Voice Competition (Seoul, Korea)
2nd Place, the 29th Chunchu Concours (Seoul, Korea)
1st Place, the 73rd Ewha & Kyunghyang Concours (Seoul, Korea)
2025 Grand Prix, the 31st Suri Music Concours (Seoul, Korea)
2nd Place (1st place not awarded), the 51st JoongAng Music Concours
1st Place, Voice Section, the 23rd Tokyo Music Competition

Further Activities

In November 2025, Chung performed in “La Bohème” as Rodolfo at Seoul National University. Since this event made his opera debut, he has been working through a process toward his on-stage performance.

Repertoire

Chung has been actively refining his skills, adding repertoire including:
⁃ VERDI: “De’ miei bollenti spiriti” from La traviata
⁃ BIZET: The Flower Song “La fleur que tu m’avais jetée” from Carmen
⁃ LEHÁR: “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns
He aims to expand his repertoire by deeply studying operas written by various composers.

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