Award-winning tenor, Youn-Seong Shim, studied in Korea, Trossingen and Stuttgart. He has worked with conductors such as Martin Steidler, Jörg-Peter Weigle and Gustav Kuhn at prestigious venues and festivals across Europe. He has also appeared in concert in Haydn’s The Creation and Stabat Mater, and Verdi’s Requiem, among others. From 2011 to 2022, Shim appeared as a guest artist at the state theatres of Stuttgart, Mainz, Meiningen, Augsburg, Koblenz, Rostock and Pforzheim, in addition to his permanent engagement in Münster. Previous operatic roles include Alfredo (La traviata), Rodolfo (La Bohème) and Count Almaviva (Il barbiere di Siviglia).