Karah
Son graduated in Voice at the Yonsei University in Seoul, her native
town. She then completed her musical education graduating from the
Vivaldi Music Conservatory in Novara (Italy) and attending the Academy
of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan under the guidance of Mirella Freni.
She distinguished herself in numerous
international competitions: first prize at the national competition
organized by Korea Joongang Daily, one of South Korea's most important
newspapers, in Seoul; first prize at the "Vissi D'Arte" international
competition in Milan; Special Soroptimist Prize at the G.B. Viotti
international competition in Vercelli (Italy); Premio Extraordinario at
the Francisco Viñas international competition in Barcelona;
second prize at the Opéra de Marseille international
Competition. In 2007, she also won the prestigious Nicolai Ghiaurov
scholarship.
She made her debut in 1997 singing Contessa in Le Nozze di Figaro at the National Theater in Seoul. She has since performed Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Teatro S. Lorenzo in Milan; Mimì in La Bohème at the Teatro Cristallo in Bergamo, in Milan and at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Liù in Turandot in Verona (Teatro Filarmonico), in Bologna, in Nancy and the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia (Lorin Mazel conducting).
Ms. Son recently sang: Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini at the Opéra in Monte-Carlo; Aida in Korea and in Halle; Madama Butterfly in
Korea, Tampere, Warsaw, Leipzig, Berlin (Deutsche Oper), Goteborg,
Turin, Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Dresden, Cardiff, Sydney, Goteborg,
Warsaw, Turin, Kansas City, Stuttgart, Montpellier, Bologna; La Bohème in Sydney, Turandot in Melbourne. She also recently performed series of
concerts at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
Future plans include Turandot and Otello in Sydney; Madama Butterfly in Angers, Nantes and Rennes and San Francisco; Verdi's Requiem in Seoul .
November 2021