James jung ho pak biography
When Jung-Ho Pak first came to Lehigh in , he was fresh out of the University of Southern California, eager to take on the responsibilities of..
Jung-Ho Pak
American symphony conductor (born 1962)
Musical artist
Jung-Ho Pak (born February 4, 1962, in Burlingame, California) is an American symphony conductor.
Jung-Ho Pak is the artistic director and conductor of the Cape Symphony.
He was Artistic Director of the San Diego Symphony and of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, of which he is now Conductor Emeritus. He was Music Director of the Diablo Ballet and the NEXT Generation Chamber Orchestra. He was the artistic director of the now-defunct Orchestra Nova San Diego.
Pak has guest conducted internationally.
Conductor Jung-Ho Pak leads the Bay Philharmonic in two of Beethoven's most beloved works - the iconic Seventh Symphony and the virtuosic Third Piano Concerto.He was the Director of the Cape Symphony,[1] and is a former musical director of the World Youth Symphony Orchestra and the director of orchestras at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. In May 2023, he announced that he was stepping down as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Cape Symphony at the end of the summer.[2]
Education
Pak began studying the piano at age 6.
Three years later, he was awarded a scholarship to the San Francisco Conservatory and enroll