Seungmin Kang studied with Myungwha Chung and Hyungwon Chang at the Korea National University of Arts, and at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where she was taught by David Geringas and Troles Svane. She has won prestigious competitions in Korea and won Second Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Cellists in China in 2002. She came first in the Gaspar Cassado International Cello Competition in Tokyo in 2006 and won a special prize in the Rostropovich Competition in 2009. In 2015, she was awarded Fifth Prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She has already worked with prestigious orchestras such as the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seoul Chamber Orchestra, the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the St Petersburg Philharmonic, and the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra.

Instrument : Vincenzo Trusiano Panormo (1811)

Teachers

2010-2016 Troles Svane
2007-2010 David Geringas
1997-2007 Myungwha Chung
1997-2007 Hyungwon Chang

Degrees

2007-2016 Diplom and Artist Diplom (konzertexamen) - Hanns-Eisler Musik Hochschule
2003-2007 Diplom - Korea National University of Art

Concerts

2017 Konzerthaus Gala Concert (Berlin)
2017 International EmYon Festival (Korea)
2016 KBS Broadcasting Station (Korea)
2016 International Winter Festival (Korea)
2016International Evamiela Festival (Greece)
2016 Wonju Phillharmonic Orchestra (Korea)
2016 International Mariinsky Far East Festival (Russia)
2016 Pyeongchang Olympic Festival (Korea)
2016 Korea Culture Foundation Recital in Korea
2016 Korean Chamber Orchestra (Korea)
2016 Seoul Chamber Orchestra (Korea)
2016 Hanns Eisler Musik Hochschule Orchestra (Germany)

Competitions

2015 International Tchaikovsky Competition - 5th Prize
2009 Concours de violoncello Rostropovitch - Special Prize
2006 Gaspar Cassado International Violoncello Competition - 1 Prize
2004 The Dong-A daily news paper Competition - 1st Prize
2003 Johansen International Competition - 1st Prize
2002 The Kyung-Hyang daily news paper Competition - 1st Prize
2002 International Young Tchaikovsky Competition - 2nd Prize
2001 The Korea daily news paper Competition - 1st Prize