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
Upcoming performances Today to 2025
Past performances 2010 — 2024
Tchaikovsky & Mozart with the Jussen brothers, Kim, T.MozartTchaikovsky, P. I.
Philharmonia OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewTchaikovsky symphony no. 5, Schoenberg, ArnoldTchaikovsky, P. I.Kim, T.
Minnesota OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewEmanuel Ax, Hillborg, and Rachmaninoff, SibeliusRachmaninoffHillborg
New York PhilharmonicConductor
View program, cast and crewMozart et Fauré avec Louis Lortie et Eun Sun Kim, BrahmsMozartFauréMussorgskyRavel
Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalConductor
View program, cast and crewBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 2, DebussyBeethovenSibelius
Colorado SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewTchaikovsky & Mozart with the Jussen brothers, Kim, T.MozartTchaikovsky, P. I.
Philharmonia OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewTchaikovsky symphony no. 5, Schoenberg, ArnoldTchaikovsky, P. I.Kim, T.
Minnesota OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewEmanuel Ax, Hillborg, and Rachmaninoff, SibeliusRachmaninoffHillborg
New York PhilharmonicConductor
View program, cast and crewMozart et Fauré avec Louis Lortie et Eun Sun Kim, BrahmsMozartFauréMussorgskyRavel
Orchestre Symphonique de MontréalConductor
View program, cast and crewBeethoven Piano Concerto No. 2, DebussyBeethovenSibelius
Colorado SymphonyConductor
View program, cast and crewAuf Ins Dasein!, BeethovenBrahms
Duisburg PhilharmonicConductor
View program, cast and crewLa Setena de Beethoven, Schoenberg, ArnoldBeethoven
L'AuditoriConductor
View program, cast and crewSchönbergs "Erwartung" und Rachmaninows Dritte mit Eun Sun Kim, Schoenberg, ArnoldRachmaninoff
Berliner PhilharmonikerConductor
View program, cast and crewFollowing “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