Seongju Oh

South Korean singer, composer and conductor

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Seongju Oh

Hangul|

오성주

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.

## Training and career

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Oh was born in Busan and grew up in South Korea. He studied singing and choral conducting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen [de] 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 [de]. 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.

## Compositional work

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His compositions are premiered by his choirs, members of the Rundfunkchor Berlin and numerous instrumentalists.

## Selected works

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* Bergschatten (1997)
* Gloria Paradadisi Cantata for solo voices, 3 choirs and organ (2004)
* Obdachlosen-Kantate for solo voices, viola, flute, accordion, piano and mixed choir (2006)
* Weihnachtskantate for soprano, mixed choir and pipe organ (2015)
* Kantate zum Erntedankfest for tenor, mixed choir and organ (2016)
* Passionskantate for baritone, mixed choir and organ (2017)
* Osterkantate for baritone, mixed choir and organ (2018)

## Discography

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* Antonín Dvořák: Mass in D major with the Südbadischer Kammerchor and the Kammerchor Achern
* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem with the Rundfunkchor Berlin

## References

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## External links

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* Werke von Seongju Oh in the German National Library catalogue
* Oh on Discogs
* Seongju Oh on the site of the Rundfunkchors Berlin
* Meine Rose – Seongju Oh, tenor /Jeongwoon Sim, Kpiano (YouTube

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* VIAF
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* Germany

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