JongWhi Vakh (Sound)

Graduated from the Korean National University of Arts with a degree of Professional Artistic Director. He studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at Mission University (USA). He conducted orchestras in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Hungary, Austria, USA, Korea, Japan, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay. In 2003 he won the Third Prize in the New Millennium Competition in Ukraine, which earned him a position as Assistant Conductor in the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra. In Korea he served as Professor and Conductor of Dong-A University, Associate Conductor of the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Kim Hae Philharmonic Orchestra. In the U.S., he served as Music Director of the Pasadena Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and Professor at Hayfeild University in Los Angeles. He has worked as an opera stage director in Korea. He is currently Music Director of the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción (OSCA) and the Orquesta...Read More