Mezzo-soprano Yewon Kim was born in Pusan, South Korea and grew up on  Jeju Island. She studied her bachelor's degree in singing at Pusan  National University. During her studies she took part in numerous  concerts. She also sang as a soloist in cantatas and oratorios such as  Vivaldi's Gloria and Bach's Christmas Oratorio, BWV99 and Alto Rhapsody  by J.Brahms. She also attended master classes with Riccardo Mascia,  Anton Ninno, Bo Skovhus and Christian Rohrbach, among others. In autumn  2020 she began her master's studies in the opera class at the Carl Maria  von Weber University of Music in Dresden with Mr. Klemens Sander and  song duo with KS.Prof.Olaf Bär. She continues to study the concert exam  with Prof. Klemens Sander at the Detmold University of Music. In April  2021, she played the role of Bradamante in Handel's “Alcina” in the  Small House of the Dresden State Theater. In April 2022 she sang in the  opera “Street Scene” by K.Weill as Mrs.Jones in the Little House of the  Staatsschauspiel Dresden. She sang at the Christmas concert with the  Hagen Orchestra in December 2022. And in the summer of 2023 she played  Romeo in the opera I Capuleti e i Montechi at the Landestheater Detmold.  In August 2022 she was a finalist in the Concorso Lirico Internationale  “Gaetano Donizetti”. In January 2023 she received 3rd prize at the  “International Music Competition Malopolska”. In February 2024 she will  make her debut as Carmen in G. Bizet's opera “Carmen” at the Detmold  Summer Theater. And she was invited to sing in the semi-finals of the  Wagner Competition in Leipzig in February 2024.