Jong Sun Woo
- Baritone
- Piano
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Janàček In the Mists/Debussy 3 Chansons de Bilitis
Bart’s Lunchtime concert
10th June 2026
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Described as ‘poetic and characterful’ (The Guardian), Jong Sun Woo recently won the Pianist Prize at Wigmore Hall/Bollinger International Song Competition 2024.
She also won, with Baritone Giacomo Schmidt, the 1st prize at Wolf International Art Song Competition 2024 in Stuttgart, 2nd prize and the Audience Prize at Schubert Lied Duo Competition 2023 in Dortmund. Jong Sun also accompanied Baritone Felix Gygli when he won the Kathleen Ferrier Competition in 2023 and she received the Gerald Moore Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2022.
Jong Sun has participated in many prestigious young artist programmes, including Heidelberger Frühling Lied Akademie 21/22, Wigmore French Song 23/24, Carnegie Hall SongStudio 2025. She is also a Samling Artist and Britten-Pears Artist.
Jong Sun started studying with Patsy Toh at Junior Royal Academy of Music and the Purcell School. After finishing her undergraduate studies with First Class honours at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, she won a full scholarship at Bard College, New York to study with the late Peter Serkin. She came back to London and gained her Masters and Artist Diploma in Piano Accompaniment at Guildhall, studying with Eugene Asti, Pamela Lidiard, Carole Presland and Dr. Bretton Brown. She graduated with distinction and was awarded ‘Concert Recital Diploma’, awarded for her outstanding final recital. She is currently mentored by Sebastian Wybrew.
Felix Gygli – Associate Artist
Swiss baritone Felix Gygli won the Kathleen Ferrier Awards 2023, the Lied Prize of the Queen Sonja Competition 2024 and was the inaugural winner of the Eastbourne International Singing Competition 2024. Highlights of the 2025/26 season include a house and role debut as Schaunard in La bohéme for Theater St. Gallen, a return to Zürich Opera House for Graf Dominik in Arabella and St Matthew’s Passion with Gli Angeli Genève, alongside recitals with Sholto Kynoch.
Felix is a passionate Lieder singer and regularly performs in recitals in the UK, France, and Switzerland with pianists JongSun Woo and Tomasz Domanski. He made his US debut performing Schubert’s Winterreise with pianist Pierre-Nicolas Colombat at the Boston Text and Tone Festival.
Felix is a Samling Artist and was a National Opera Studio Young Artist 2022/23. He received his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
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