Cello Recital with Taeguk Mun

A recipient of the 2016 Janos Starker Award, laureate of the 2nd Queen Elisabeth Cello Competition and 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition, as well as the first prizewinner of Pablo Casals International Cello Competition and the 3rd Andre Navarra International Cello Competition, South Korean cellist Taeguk Mun enjoys an international career as a soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, and an educator.
As a soloist, Mr. Mun has appeared with various major orchestras worldwide including St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonia, Hungarian Radio Symphony, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Korean National Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Mun has been invited to the Classic Revolution Series at Lotte Concert Hall in Korea, Chamber Music International, Dallas, TX, Busan International Music Festival, Young Artist Concert Series at the Louvre Museum, Budapest Spring Festival, Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music, the World Orchestra Festival in Korea, and Eaktay AHN 110th Anniversary Concert in Hungary.
As a chamber music enthusiast, Mr. Mun has collaborated with esteemed musicians such as Paul Biss, Stella Chen, Catherine Cho, Jinjoo Cho, Kyung Wha Chung, Miriam Fried, Stefan Jackiw, Clara-Jumi Kang, Dong-Suk Kang, Bomsori Kim, Sunwook Kim, Ralph Kirshbaum, Dong-Hyek Lim, Mischa Maisky, Richard Yongjae O’Neill, HaeSun Paik, Christoph Poppen, Yekwon Sunwoo, and Inmo Yang.
Mr. Mun has studied as a full scholarship student at the University of Southern California with Marcy Rosen, Hannah Roberts, and Ralph Kirshbaum where he finished a Master of Music degree. He additionally holds a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory where he studied with Laurence Lesser. A native of South Korea, Mr. Mun moved to New York in 2007 and continued his training with Minhye Clara Kim at the Juilliard School Pre-College division as a full scholarship student. He is currently pursuing the Artist Diploma program at the Juilliard school with Joel Krosnick and Minhye Clara Kim.
Mr. Mun is sponsored by SungJung Cultural Foundation, Hwangjin Scholarship Committee and was selected as a “G.rium Artist” by SK Chemicals of Korea. He was appointed the artist-in-residence at the Kumho Art Hall in 2017 and Lotte Concert Hall in Korea in 2022.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

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