Jung-Ho Pak
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Jung-Ho Pak | |
|---|---|
| Born | Burlingame, California |
| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Classical |
| Occupations | Conductor Musician |
Jung-Ho Pak (born February 4, 1962, in Burlingame, California) is an American symphony conductor. 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. 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]
Pak began studying the piano at age 6. 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 multiple bands and orchestras into college.
- Graduated Lynbrook High School, San Jose, (1980)
- B. A., Music, University of California, Santa Cruz, (1980-2)
- Assoc. of California Symphony Orch. Conducting Seminar, Franz Allers (1982)
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Michael Senturia, Jahja Ling (1982-4)
- Tanglewood Conducting Seminar, (1983)
- M.M. University of Southern California, Daniel Lewis (1984-6)
- Herbert Blomstedt Conducting Institute, Master Class (1985)
- Redlands Symphony Conducting Institute (1986-7)
- American Conductors Guild Seminar, Harold Farberman, Dan Lewis (1987)
- Music Academy of the West, (1989)[3]
