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Seongju Oh | |
Hangul | 오성주 |
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Revised Romanization | O Seongju |
McCune–Reischauer | O Sŏngju |
IPA | [o̞.sʰʌ̹ŋd͡ʑu] |
Seongju Oh (Korean: 오성주; born 10 December 1964) is a South Korean tenor, composer, conductor and poet. He lives in Berlin and has been a permanent member of the Berlin Radio Choir since 1998.
Oh was born in Busan and grew up in South Korea. He studied singing and choral conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen with Manfred Schreier, choral conducting, and singing with Josef Sinz. Numerous concert tours to the United States, Canada and within Europe (France, Switzerland, Italy and the Czech Republic) followed. After his studies, Oh worked as a temporary singer in the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks . Oh has been a member of the Rundfunkchor Berlin since 1998. He founded the Cantus Grunewald Choir in 2010 and the Musikakademie Berlin in 2012.
His compositions are premiered by his choirs, members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin and numerous instrumentalists.