Jung-Ho Pak

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Name = Jung-Ho Pak
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Background = Conductor
Born = Burlingame, California
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United States
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Genre = Classical
Occupation = Conductor
Musician
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Jung-Ho Pak (born February 4, 1962 in Burlingame, California, USA) is an American symphony conductor, and is the current artistic director of the San Diego Chamber Orchestra and Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, as well as music director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and director of orchestras at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Michigan.

Described by the New York Times as a conductor who "radiates enthusiasm" and the Los Angeles Times as "a real grabber", Jung-Ho Pak is known as a Music Director with a unique vision of classical music.

Education

Pak began studying the piano at age 6, and three years later, he was awarded a scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory and enrolled in a college music theory class. He began studying clarinet at age 11, and played in bands and orchestras into college. He completed his B.A. in music at University of California, Santa Cruz, and pursued his M.M. in orchestral conducting at the University of Southern California with Daniel Lewis and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Michael Senturia. Supplemental studies include the Blomstedt Institute and Tanglewood.

Career

Early in his career, Pak was a conductor and professor at several schools including the University of California (Berkeley and Santa Barbara), Idyllwild Academy of the Arts, and Lehigh University.
*In 1997, Pak was appointed music director the San Diego Symphony to lead it out of bankruptcy, which eventually became an artistic and financial success, receiving one of the largest endowment pledges in American orchestral history (over $110 million).
*In 1998, he won a national conducting competition with the Young Musicians Foundation's Debut Orchestra.
*In 1998, Pak succeeded Daniel Lewis as music director of the University of Southern California Symphony and was also named music director at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra.
*In 1999, he additionally became music director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, with which he was named Music Director Emeritus in 2007.

* [http://www.sdcp.org The San Diego Chamber Orchestra] appointed Mr. Pak as artistic director and conductor in 2006, and
*in 2007 Mr. Pak began his tenure as artistic director and conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, one of the largest orchestras in Massachusetts (second to the Boston Symphony Orchestra).
*Since 2003, Pak has been director of orchestras and music director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, one of the largest and oldest music festivals in the country.

He has also served as principal conductor of the Emmy-nominated Disney Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra and as music director of the International Chamber Orchestra, NEXT Chamber Orchestra, Colburn Chamber Orchestra, and Diablo Ballet. Guest conducting has taken him to Europe, the Soviet Union, South America and Asia. Mr. Pak is also a frequent speaker on television and radio, as well as a clinician and guest conductor at numerous music festivals.

References

External links

* [http://www.pricerubin.com/classical/dossiers/Pak.pdf Biography of Jung-Ho Pak]
* [http://www.sdco.org San Diego Chamber Orchestra homepage]
* [http://www.capesymphony.org Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra homepage]
* [http://www.interlochen.org/camp/summer_camp_programs/music/high_school_2/wyso_repertoire_1 World Youth Symphony Orchestra homepage and audio sample]