MinChung

Min Chung is Music Director of the Gangneung Philharmonic Orchestra and Associate Conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic, to which he was appointed in 2015. He also served as the Principal Guest Conductor of Orchestra Haydn di Trento e Bolzano between 2020-23.

Recent and forthcoming highlights with his titled orchestras include subscription concerts with TPO with an all-Tchaikovsky programme in July 2025 and a highly-successful tour of Japan at the helm of the Gangneung Philharmonic - which interestingly became only the second Korean orchestra to perform at Suntory Hall.

On the symphonic platform, recent and forthcoming highlights include Maggio Musicale - which resulted in an immediate re-invitation (September 2025), Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Wiener Kammerorchester, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein, Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Orchestra Festival della Valle d’Itria, Hangzhou Philharmonic Orchestra, Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, Korea Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and Daegu Opera Orchestra, to name a few.

In demand at opera houses across the globe, Min’s operatic highlights include the Mariinsky Theatre (Madama Butterfly), Teatro alla Scala Milan (Die Zauberflöte), Korean National Opera (Madama Butterfly, Don Carlo and L’enfant et les sortilèges) and Teatro Politeama Greco (La traviata and Don Carlo).