Сюнгиеул (Даниел) Ким

Among the singers heard in the gala concert that closed Raina Kabaivanska's masterclass in Sofia on 29 September 2019 was Daniel Kim, who sang with the Sofia National Opera alongside Daniela Nineva, Eva Jeong, Giuseppe Infantino and Eleonora Filipponi. Born in South Korea, he read music at Yonsei University and went on to the Milan Conservatory and to the civic music school in Lombardy, and he studied in Raina Kabaivanska's master classes. He has won prizes in Italian competitions. His repertoire includes Renato in Un ballo in maschera, Belcore in L'elisir d'amore, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia and a role in Falstaff; he has given concerts at the Teatro Vittoria in Turin, in Rome and at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. In 2019 he took part in the Italian premiere of Leoncavallo's Requiem under Janos Acs.