Keesun Kwon, Soprano, received her Doctoral and Masters degree from the Catholic University of America. She received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory. She will continue her further studies at the Columbia University.
Ms. Kwon appeared as a Soprano soloist with the Metropolitan Women’s Choir at the Susie Kim Memorial Concert . She made her oratorio debut by singing Brahms’ ‘Ein Deutches Requiem’ with Harford Choral Society. She made her New York debut with Gateway Classical Music Society. During her time at the Peabody Conservatory, in addition to numerous concert performances, she performed the role of Euridice in ‘l’Euridice and Amor in Orfeo ed Euridice.
She was seen as Kassandra in Agamemnon, Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Nella in Gianni Schicchi and Miss Wordsworth in Albert Herring at the Catholic University. She is an award winner in the Gerda Lissner Foundation in New York, a recipient of Peabody Career Development Grant, First place winner of Paul Robeson Vocal Competition (Urban Philharmonic Society), Russell C. Wonderlic Memorial Competition, Vincent P. Walter Washington Summer Opera Guild Competition, Baltimore Music Club Competition, NATS in Mid-Atlantic Region, Marie E. Crump Vocal Arts Competition (Maryland Opera Society), Study Award in the Annapolis Opera Competition.