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Chungki Min
Chungki Min is a Lecturer in Piano, Playing from Scores and Comparative Analysis of Works at Mozarteum University Salzburg and a member of the Institute for Contemporary Music. He has taught at the university since 2011 and regularly conducts concerts in South Korea and Europe, with a particular focus on contemporary music and the performance of works and premieres by contemporary composers.
Born in South Korea, Chungki Min studied music theory and composition at Seoul Arts High School and Seoul National University before continuing his training in conducting. From the age of 20, he worked as a musical assistant at Seoul's opera houses. In 2002, he continued his conducting studies with Dennis Russell Davies at Mozarteum University Salzburg, completing his studies with distinction in 2007. He received the Bernhard Paumgartner Medal from the International Mozarteum Foundation and participated in masterclasses with Peter Gülke, Neil Thompson and Myung Whun Chung. He also worked as an assistant to Edo de Waart, Dennis Russell Davies and Gustav Kuhn.
As a conductor, Min has worked with the Munich Philharmonic, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM in Mexico City and the oenm, among others. He has also served as principal conductor of the Bucheon Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and the Seoul Euharmonic Chamber Orchestra in South Korea. In 2007, he founded the ensemble MozArt Sinfonietta Salzburg and in 2016 took over the artistic direction of the Austro-Korean Philharmonic Orchestra.