Eun Sun Kim

Following “a company debut of astonishing vibrancy and assurance” (San Francisco Chronicle) in Rusalka, Korean conductor Eun Sun Kim has been named the Caroline H. Hume Music Director Designate of San Francisco Opera. Her presence in North America was first established with performances of Verdi’s Requiem with the Cincinnati Symphony and La traviata with Houston Grand Opera, with the latter earning her an appointment as the company’s first Principal Guest Conductor in twenty-five years. The 2020/21 season opens with the famed Concert de Paris, in which Ms. Kim leads the Orchestre National de France and Chœur de Radio France at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, for a worldwide television audience of millions. She subsequently conducts symphony orchestras around the globe, including concerts in