Daekyung Kim (Counter-tenor)

Born: November 25, 1980 - Yangsan, South Korea

The Korean counter-tenor, Daekyung Kim (Dae-Kyung Kim; Korean: 김대경 독), majored in vocal music at Pusan ​​National University. He then moved to Germany, where graduated from the Diploma and Opera program at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (2009-2012); obtained his Master of Muisc degree in Early Music and Vocal Performance from the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen (2013-2014); and also studied Baroque Singing at Hochschule für Musik Mainz (since 2011). After working as a soloist in Germany, including the Bach Cantata Series Bach-Kantaten-Club Würzburg (2015; Directors: Kensuke Ohira & Gerhard Polifka) and Festliches Barock zum Telemann-Jahr 2017 in Würzburg,, he returned to Korea in 2017. In 2022, he founded in Busan the Barock Ensemble DongBäk.

Sources:
Daekyung Kim profile on Facebook
Bits & pieces from other sources
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2024)

Daekyung Kim: Short Biography | Ensembles: Barock Ensemble DongBäk
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Kensuke Ohira

Tenor

[C-16] (2015, Video): BWV 101
[C-17] (2015, Video): BWV 78

Gerhar Polifka

Tenor

[C-17] (2015, Video): BWV 24

Links to other Sites

Daekyung Kim on Facebook