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Shinik Hahm (born 1958) is a
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conductor and a professor in the Practice of Conducting and Music Director of the
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Philharmonia. Hahm has led North American, South American, European, and Far Eastern orchestras. Recent appearances include debuts in
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, Switzerland, and
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, France; at Bolshoi Hall in
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, Russia, with the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra; and reengagement with the
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at
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. He is an active opera conductor and has led productions with the Silesian National Opera in Poland, has collaborated with musicians including
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and has recorded with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra for Vision and Britstar.


Biography

Maestro Shinik Hahm is a Korean conductor based in the U.S. He is a professor of Practice of Conducting at Yale School of Music and Music Director of Yale Philharmonia. Maestro Hahm has also served as Music Director of Abilene Philharmonic and Green Bay Symphony Orchestras, and performs with the Silesian Opera in Poland as guest conductor. During his position as Music Director and Chief Conductor at the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra from 2001 to 2006, Maestro Hahm garnered much public interest through his enthusiastic activities and creative productions. From 2010 to 2012, Maestro Hahm led the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Symphony as Artistic Director. In 2014, Maestro Hahm launched Symphony Orchestra for the Next Generation (Symphony S.O.N.G.) based on innovative talent support policies and working principles. The inaugural concert was successfully held on August 23, 2014, at the Seoul Arts Center. Maestro Hahm’s goal is to break free from the existing bureaucratic and conventional symphonic orchestra management system and pursue creative, independent, and free artistic values through Symphony S.O.N.G.


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Shinik Hahm discography

Shinik Hahm at Columbia Artists Management

South Korean orchestra, conductor strike discordant note
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hahm, Shin-Ik 1958 births Living people South Korean conductors (music) South Korean emigrants to the United States American male conductors (music) Yale University faculty Music directors (opera) Rice University alumni Eastman School of Music alumni Konkuk University alumni 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians