Jongwoo Lee

A baritone from South Korea, Jongwoo Lee — romanised on the Kabaivanska Fund's own pages as Jeongwoo Lee — took his bachelor's degree in vocal performance at Yeungnam University in August 2022, studying with Bongang Gu, Sangchung Kim and Donghwan Lee, and from 2023 continued at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma. He received a special prize at the Franco Ghitti international opera competition in Italy in 2024 and a Raina Kabaivanska Fund scholarship to the Vecchi–Tonelli Institute for 2025/26. On 19 September 2025 he sang in the gala concert of the XXV Kabaivanska masterclass at the Sofia National Opera, conducted by Nayden Todorov.