김인혜 교수는 서울대학교 음악대학을 졸업한 후 미국 줄리어드 음악원(The Juilliard School)에서 석사학위를 취득하고, **아시아인 최초로 줄리어드 음악원 성악연주 박사학위(DMA)**를 취득하였다.

 

1988년 《뉴욕 타임스(The New York Times)》는 김인혜 교수의 연주에 대해 “유려하고 생명력 넘치는 발성과 뚜렷한 예술적 개성, 높은 음악성을 지닌 해석으로 무대를 가득 채우는 정상급 성악가”라고 높이 평가하였다.

 

교육자로서 숙명여자대학교, 인제대학교, 서울대학교 및 Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik 학장을 역임하였다.

 

2014년 중국에 진출한 이후 중앙민족대학교 음악대학 객좌교수를 역임하였으며, 중국음악학원, 톈진음악학원, 시안음악학원, 샹하이화동대학교, 충칭사범대학교 등 수많은 대학 초청교수로 활동하고 있으며 현재 중앙음악학원 성악오페라과 교수 및 박사과정 지도교수로 재직하고 있다.

 

지난 40여 년간 수많은 성악가를 양성해 왔으며, 제자들은 차이콥스키 국제음악콩쿠르(Tchaikovsky International Competition), 퀸 엘리자베스 국제음악콩쿠르(Queen Elisabeth Competition), BBC, NDR 및 뉴욕 메트로폴리탄 오페라(Metropolitan Opera) 등 세계적인 국제 콩쿠르와 주요 무대에서 활약하고 있다.

 

일찌기 대한민국대통령상을 수상하였으며, 칠레 국제성악콩쿠르와 미국 링컨센터 메모리얼어워즈, 쇼메인터네셔널 올해의 아티스트상, 난파상, 이태리 Premio Maria Callas상, 북경국제오페라콩쿨 최우수지도자상 등을 수상한 그녀는 87년 미국 카네기홀과 링컨센터 데뷰이래 지난 40년간 총 52편의 오페라주역으로 활약하였으며 30여개국의 국제적인 교향악단, 오페라단과 활발한 활동을 펼쳐왔다.

 

2014년부터 중국의 성악 인재 양성과 후학 교육에 힘써온 그녀는 한국, 중국을 비롯해 미주와 유럽의 무대에서 활동하는 다수의 젊은 성악가와 음악교육자들을 배출하고있다.

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<Soprano Inhye Kim>

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Inhye Kim is an internationally acclaimed Korean soprano and the first Asian artist to earn a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. Her Carnegie Hall debut recital in 1988 drew critical acclaim, with The New York Times praising her performance and writing, “Best of all was Inhye Kim.” Shortly thereafter, she appeared as soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 “Choral” with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Yehudi Menuhin, who later described her in his autobiography as a soprano of “radiant timbre and exceptional intelligence.”

 

Ms. Kim received her musical training at Seoul National University and The Juilliard School. Early in her career, she achieved major international recognition through numerous prestigious awards, including the Dong-A Music Competition, the Korean Presidential Prize, the Lucrezia Bori Prize, the Chile International Vocal Competition, and the Lincoln Center Memorial Award. She has since performed at many of the world’s leading concert halls, including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York, the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Lisinski Hall in Zagreb, Symphony Hall in Japan, Kobe Newspaper Concert Hall, and Hong Kong City Hall. Her orchestral collaborations include appearances with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Zagreb Philharmonic, Polish Chopin Orchestra, Warsaw Radio Symphony Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Korean Symphony Orchestra.

 

On the operatic stage, Kim has performed leading roles in more than fifty operas, encompassing repertoire from bel canto and verismo to French, Slavic, and contemporary works. Her roles include Iolanta, Il Trovatore, Aida, Le nozze di Figaro, Pagliacci, La Traviata, Gianni Schicchi, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande, Cavalleria rusticana, and Eugene Onegin. She is also highly regarded for her work in contemporary and original operas, including Yu Gwan-sun, Ahn Jung-geun, Hwang Jin-yi, Kang Suk-hee’s Boris’s Party, and the world premieres of Ryu Jaejoon’s Requiem and Krzysztof Penderecki’s Symphony No. 8 “Lieder der Vergänglichkeit.” The latter received international acclaim and was released on the Naxos label.

 

Following her debut with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Yehudi Menuhin in 1995, Kim has maintained an active presence on major European stages, appearing at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Budapest Spring Festival, the Finkenstein Festival, and the Vienna Musikverein. In 2008, she was invited to sing “Pace, pace, mio Dio” from La forza del destino at the Bosnia–Austria Peace Concert in Vienna, where her performance received a standing ovation from leaders of both nations.

 

In 2016, she served as a jury member for the Linz International Opera Competition, held at the historic Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. In 2017, she returned to the operatic stage as a leading artist, performing the role of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin and scenes from La Bohème at Korea’s World Opera Festival. In the same year, she joined the European tour of the Berlin Philharmonic as a soloist, where her performances were met with exceptional critical and public acclaim.

 

Throughout her career, she has collaborated with many of the world’s most distinguished singers, including Giuseppe Giacomini, Nicola Martinucci, Francisco Araiza, José Cura, and Cheryl Studer. In 2011, her performance of Ryu Jaejoon’s Requiem with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was praised by critics as “raising the art of dramatic soprano singing in contemporary music to a new height.” In 2013, she was invited by legendary soprano Anita Cerquetti to serve as a jury member for the Montecosaro International Voice Competition in Italy, further affirming her standing in the international operatic community.

 

Alongside her distinguished performing career, Inhye Kim has made a profound contribution to vocal pedagogy. She has held faculty appointments at major universities in Korea, served as Chair of the Vocal Department at the Mahler Conservatory in Vienna, and since 2014 has been regularly invited as a visiting professor to leading institutions in China, including the Tianjin Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Southwest University (Chongqing), and Minzu University of China. Under her guidance, all seven teams representing Minzu University of China achieved prize-winning results at the Beijing International Opera Competition—an unprecedented accomplishment that led the competition committee to confer upon her the Outstanding Mentor Award.

 

In recognition of her international stature and pedagogical excellence, she was appointed Full Professor of Vocal and Opera Studies at the Central Conservatory of Music in 2019, where she continues to teach and mentor emerging artists today.

 

Her students have achieved remarkable international success, earning prizes at the Tchaikovsky International Competition, the Queen Elisabeth Competition, BBC Competitions, Operalia, and the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. They now perform on major international stages and serve on the faculties of prominent institutions worldwide, continuing her artistic and pedagogical legacy.

 

Ms. Kim remains actively engaged in performance, appearing regularly in international art song recitals, opera gala concerts, and special concert projects, sustaining a vibrant career that bridges the worlds of performance, education, and artistic leadership.

 

 

金麟惠——专业教师

 

中央音乐学院教授、博士生导师、韩国著名女高音歌唱家。1988年，《纽约时报（The New York Times）》高度评价她的艺术成就，称其为“以流畅而富有生命力的发声、鲜明独特的艺术个性以及高度音乐性的诠释充盈整个舞台的顶级歌唱家”。

 

金麟惠教授毕业于首尔大学音乐学院，后赴美国深造，于茱莉亚音乐学院（The Juilliard School）获得硕士学位，并成为亚洲首位获得茱莉亚音乐学院声乐演唱博士学位（Doctor of Musical Arts, DMA）的艺术家。

 

在教育领域，她曾任教于淑明女子大学、仁济大学及首尔大学，并担任首尔大学声乐系主任，后出任Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik院长。自2014年进入中国以来，曾任中央民族大学音乐学院客座教授，并受邀于中国音乐学院、天津音乐学院、西安音乐学院、重庆师范大学等院校授课，现任中央音乐学院教授。

 

三十余年来，她培养的学生活跃于柴可夫斯基国际音乐比赛（Tchaikovsky International Competition）、伊丽莎白女王国际音乐比赛（Queen Elisabeth Competition）、BBC、NDR以及大都会歌剧院（Metropolitan Opera）等世界顶级赛事与舞台。

 

作为歌唱家，金麟惠教授曾荣获韩国“全国声乐比赛”总统奖，并获得智利国际声乐比赛、美国林肯中心纪念奖等多个国际奖项。她曾在52部歌剧中担任主角，与世界一流歌剧院及交响乐团合作演出，艺术足迹遍及30个国家和地区。

 

自2014年以来，她持续致力于中国声乐人才培养，培养出众多活跃于中国、美洲及欧洲舞台的优秀青年声乐家与教育者。