Yohan Chung

Yohan Chung is a conductor, organist and harpsichordist based in Essen, Germany. His repertoire spans early music to contemporary works, with improvisation forming a further focus of his artistic practice. He performs regularly on historic organs by Silbermann and Schnitger, as well as on Romantic instruments by Walcker, Sauer and Ladegast.

He founded and directs Bach Consort NRW, a vocal and instrumental ensemble specialising in historically informed performance, and Neuer Kammerchor Essen, a project-based chamber choir dedicated to demanding choral and vocal repertoire. As the initiator of the concert series Stunde der Kirchenmusik Essen and the Essen organ festival o!, he develops concert formats for organ, choral and ensemble music.

He teaches organ and improvisation at the Bischöfliche Kirchenmusikschule Essen. His previous professional activities include church music in Essen-Rellinghausen, work as a cantor and organist in Chemnitz, and music management at Musik Podium Stuttgart.

His musical training began in Busan, South Korea. In Dresden, he studied church music, completing the A-Examen, and harpsichord. He subsequently studied organ in Leipzig, where he earned a master’s degree and the Konzertexamen. He also pursued studies in early music in Bremen and studied with Ken Cowan as a visiting student at Rice University in Houston.