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The Korean mezzo-soprano, Angela Hyun Jung Oh, graduated and specialised in opera singing at 'Kyungwon' University in South Korea. After moving to Italy, she obtained a diploma in opera singing at the Conservatorio "G. Verdi" in Milan. In 2016, she completed a two-year course in Renaissance and Baroque singing at the Conservatorio 'G. Cantelli' in Novara, with distinction and special mention, under the guidance of Maestro Roberto Balconi. She attended further specialist courses: in Urbino with Maestro Rinaldo Alessandrini, in Paris with soprano Agnès Mellon, in Rome with Maestro Furio Zanasi.
Hyun Jung Oh sang the roles of Messenger and Hope in Orpheus by Monteverdi, an opera also staged at the Duomo in Milan, under the baton of Maestro Roberto Balconi. She was Dido in Dido and Aeneas by Purcell. She played the role of Ruggiero in Alcina by George Frideric Handel with the Orchestra of the Accademia Musicale dell'Annunciata, conducted by Maestro Doni, with whom he also sang Amor Terreno from the oratorio Magdalene at the feet of Christ by Antonio Caldara. She sang in the choir, with the Orchestra del Regio di Torino conducted by Maestro Gianandrea Noseda, in Le Rossignol by Igor Stravinsky, for the 55th Stresa International Festival. She collaborates with the Ghislieri Choir & Consort with concerts in Italy in Pavia (Teatro Franceschini), Rome (Concerti del Quirinale) and abroad: in France in Lyon, Metz and Rouen, in Malta for La Valletta International Baroque Festival), in Amsterdam (Het Concertgebouw). She participated in the Verbier Festival with Oberwalliser Vokalensemble for Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler under the baton of Maestro Fabio Luisi, at the Zermatt Festival for Heiligmesse by J. Haydn under the baton of Maestro Ton Koopman and at the Sion Festival for Magnificat in D major BWV 243 by J.S. Bach, conducted by Maestro Kämpfen.
Hyun Jung Oh is also highly regarded in the field of sacred music. She has performed as a soloist in Magnificat in D major BWV 243 by J.S. Bach and in Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi at the Cathedral of Monreale (Palermo) with the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, conducted by Maestro Berrini, with whom he also sang as soloist in Membra Jesu Nostri by Dietrich Buxtehude in Cagliari and in Requiem by W.A. Mozart in Rome. She has been a soloist in numerous other works including Petite Messe Solennelle by Rossini, conducted by Maestro Mazza, Oratorio de Noël by Camille Saint-Saëns, Missa brevis in G minor BWV 235 of J.S. Bach, Beatus vir RV 598 & Magnificat by A. Vivaldi; Stabat Mater, Salve Regina & Confitebor tibi Domine by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and Stabat Mater by J. Haydn. With the Caecilia Consort conducted by Maestro Renato Negri, he participated in the 'Novecento' season in Milan, a programme dedicated to 20th century and contemporary Italian music.
Since 2015, Hyun Jung Oh has been the titular cantor of the Cappella Musicale della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo, conducted by Maestro Gentilini. She regularly forms the duo Eisenrose with pianist Enzo Sartori. Her chamber music activity has led her to perform with unanimous critical acclaim at the Monferrato Classic Festival, at I concerti del Cantelli in Novara, at the LX Settembre Musicale di San Giulio at Villa Tallone on Lake Orta, at Spazio89 in Milan and in other Italian cities (Cremona, Mantua, Moneglia, Modena, Craveggia, Arona, Domodossola...). She recorded a track for the travelling exhibition on Georgia, commissioned by the famous archaeologists Buccellati, for the Rimini Meeting in 2016. She currently lives in Milan, Italy. |
