Sunhae Im

Called “a splendidly bright soprano” (The New York Times) and “one of the great singers of our time” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), the Korean soprano Sunhae Im has demonstrated versatile musicality and deep dramaturgical understanding. She achieved great success in early music repertoire with conductors such as René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Fabio Biondi, Ton Koopman, and Diego Fasolis, with ensembles such as Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Europa Galante, and Akademie für alte Musik Berlin. She was also acclaimed for later repertoire with Manfred Honeck, Iván Fischer, Myung-Whun Chung, Kent Nagano, and Zubin Mehta, at the Verbier Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Philharmonie de Paris, and Elbphilharmonie Hamburg. She enjoys innovative projects including The Creation by La Fura dels Baus and La Finta Giardiniera in La Scala’s Shanghai tour. She has made more than 40 recordings and has received numerous awards. Born in Korea, Sunhae Im studied with Lokyung Pak at Seoul National University and continued her studies with Roland Hermann at Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe as a DAAD scholarship recipient. Official homepage https://sunhaeim.com/