Julie Junghwa Park is an active concert artist and opera singer who has performed with the New York Lyric Opera in New York City, Castleton Music Festival under the direction of Maestro Lorin Maazel, the National Music Opera Theater ensemble in Kassel, Germany and Salon Opera festival in Seoul, South- Korea. Ms. Park’s concert works include Gala concerts at San leo, Rimini, Cervia, Cesena, Montegridolfo, Novafeltria in Italy, Kassel in Germany, Dusznik in Poland.

Dietlinde Turban Maazel, the Castleton Music Festival Founder and Artistic Director describes Ms.Park as “Not only does she have natural predilection for the art of interpreting classical music, but she is also exceptionally skillful in expressing her interpretations and conceptualizations for a given piece of music in actual voice performances – she has the utmost creativity and technical skills that are so highly developed and precise.”

Dr. Park has received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Rutgers University, a Master of Music degree and Professional Studies certificate from the Manhattan School of Music, a bachelor of music from the Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea and a Diploma from the Staatliche Musik Akademie in Kassel, Germany, and Orfeo Music Academy in Parma, Italy.

Festival experience includes the Castleton Music Festival, Karkonoski music festival in Karpaczu,Poland and Summer academy Mozarteum in Salzburg,Austria. Ms.Park performed in Master classes with renowned sopranos Mirella Freni, Joan Patenaude-Yarnell and Maestro Ubaldo Fabbri.

Dr. Park made her solo recital debut at Weill recital hall at Carnegie hall in 2012 where she also performed Winners’ concerts of the Golden era of romantic music international competition, and BAIVC international competition as first prize winner.