Hangyul Chung studied composition at Seoul Arts High School and orchestral conducting at Seoul National University, College of Music. After graduating from university in Korea, he went to Germany and earned a master’s degree in conducting at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, where he is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree. In 2019, he was selected as a member of the Conductors’ Forum of the German Music Council. He has conducted several professional orchestras such as the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Heidelberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Württemberg Philharmonic of Reutlingen, Neubrandenburger Philharmonie, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim, Mannheim Chamber Orchestra, and as well as orchestras in Korea such as Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra and TIMF Ensemble.

Chung conducted opera productions at Seoul National University and the Mannheim University of Music and worked as assistant conductor at Korea National Opera and Seoul Arts Center Opera House. He is also actively involved in contemporary music and has conducted such as the German premiere of Nico Muhly’s “Drones, Variations and Ornaments” and the Korean premiere of Sir Harrison Birtwistle’s Oboe Quartet.

He was nominated as a candidate for the German Conductors’ Award in 2021. In 2017 and 2018, he participated in Baden-Württemberg Conductors’ Podium and acquired opportunities to perform with professional orchestras. He has participated in masterclasses with conductors and ensembles including Colin Metters, Lutz Köhler, Ekhart Wycik, Pavel Baleff, Elias Grandy, Roger Epple, Manuel Nawri, Johannes Klumpp, Shi-Yeon Sung, Joongbae Jee, and Ensemble Modern.

Xiaobo Hu has served as assistant conductor to Ari Rasilainen, the chief conductor of Southwest German Philharmonic Orchestra since 2019.

Before his appearance as assistant conductor at the renowned Mozart Festival in Germany in June 2021, he has already conducted many professional orchestras, including Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Chamber Orchestra, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Romanian Chamber Orchestra, Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Jyväskylä Sinfonia, Hofer Symphoniker as well as plenty of ensembles in Europe and Asia.

Born in Dandong, China, Xiaobo's musical journey began at the age of seven. He has learned saxophone, trombone, euphonium, piano, and has won several national instrumental competitions as a soloist. After completing his undergraduate study in trombone at Shenyang Conservatory of Music, China, he was inspired by conducting educator Prof. Taicheng Quan and determined to be a conductor.

In 2018, Xiaobo moved to Germany to further his conducting studies. Besides the master degree in conducting at the University of Music Wuerzburg in Germany, he has also studied with Neeme Järvi, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sakari Oramo, Jorma Panula, Cristian Măcelaru, Benjamin Zander, Yip Wing-sie, and Christoph Poppen. In 2020 he was chosen into Lead! Foundation’s mentorship program by Jukka-Pekka Saraste, who provides Xiaobo consistent guidance and chances to follow his musical events closely in Europe till now.

Yoona Jeong is a conductor, musicologist, and violinist. This year, she won the Best Interpretation Prize at the 17th Khachaturian International Competition and performed with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra successfully. She was a music director of the University of Texas University Orchestra and an assistant conductor of the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra. She also worked as an assistant conductor of the Austin Symphony and the Sarah and Ernest Butler Opera Center. She has assisted several operas including Tchaikovsky’s "Eugene Onegin" and has performed Jonathan Dove’s Contemporary Opera, "Mansfield Park." She conducted the world premiere of "Audition Fever" from the Butler Opera Center in 2021. She earned a doctorate degree in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Texas at Austin this May.

Yoona graduated with honors from Busan Arts School as a violin performance major. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Musicology at Seoul National University in South Korea where she graduated summa cum laude and received the Chancellor’s Award. In 2014, she matriculated at the University of Southern California and earned a Master’s degree in Choral Music at the Thornton School of Music. In 2018, she earned a second Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Baylor University.

In 2020, she was a finalist at the Arthur Nikisch Competition. She has been invited to the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, the Princeton Festival, Medomak Music Festival, and the Pierre Monteux School and Music Festival. She has participated in masterclasses with Cristian Măcelaru, Kenneth Kiesler, James Conlon, Carl St. Clair, Ludovic Morlot, Neil Varon, David Itkin, Michael Jinbo, and Jan Harrington. Her principal teachers include Farkhad Khudyev, Carl St. Clair, Stephen Heyde, Douglas Frost, Kelly Kuo, and Ryan Kelly.

Dr. Mirian Khukhunaishvili is a co-founder, artistic director and chief conductor of the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra. He is a founder and artistic director of the Alter Orchestra.

Mirian earned his doctoral and master's degrees in orchestral conducting at the Academy of Music in Krakow under the supervision of prof. Stanislaw Krawczyński. He also got a master’s degree from the Tbilisi State Conservatoire in choral conducting in the class of prof. Liana Chonishvili.

Mirian’s collaborations have included conducting with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, Podkarpacka Philharmonic Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre’s Orchestra, Georgian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Tbilisi State Orchestra, Tbilisi State Chamber Orchestra – Georgian Sinfonietta, and others.

His future engagements include the concerts at the Musikverein in Vienna with the Wiener Concert-Verein Orchestra; at the Konzerthaus in Berlin with the Tbilisi Youth Orchestra; at the Harpa in Reykjavik with the Reykjavík Chamber Orchestra.

Daniel Gyuseo Lee studied conducting in Seoul and is currently living in Vienna and expanding his career in Europe. He has worked with major European orchestras such as the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and has been invited to many significant Korean stages since his overwhelming debut at the Seoul Arts Center at the age of 20.

Lee organized the Orchestral Ensemble Seoul(OES) in 2014 and has solidified its presence on the national stage. Lee and his orchestra are working on the Complete Beethoven Symphonies at the Seoul Arts Center for the first as a private orchestra in the Korean music history. An exclusive recording artist for NCM Klassik since 2017, recent releases include Mozart Symphony No. 29 & String Serenade (2018) and Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (2021), all with the OES.

With a keen interest in new music, he has worked with the Ensemble TIMF and the Contemporary Music Orchestra of National Center for Music Korea. He is also conscious of social issues, arranging charity concerts to support children in need around the world. Recently Steinway & Sons Seoul invited him for the first time as a conductor to hold masterclass and all donations will be used to relieve inequality in music education.
Lee received Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Seoul National University under Prof. Hun-Joung Lim and Prof. Yunsung Chang. Currently he is studying for his PGD at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna with Prof. Simeon Pironkoff. He has been also mentored by numerous Maestri such as Marin Alsop, Riccardo Muti, Philippe Auguin, David Robertson and Andrés Orozco-Estrada. In 2019, Korean historical arts magazine GAEKSUK(Auditorium) chose him as the conductor who will lead the future podium. He was also named the Rising Star representing the Korean classical music by magazine Noblesse in 2020. He is the recipient of the Award for the Remarkable Artist of the Year 2018 awarded by the Committee of Korean Arts Critics.