[Invitation Seat] Winning the world's top 3 tournaments... The voice that even the judges resounded

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BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, one of the world's top three baritone competitions, a Korean won the aria category for the first time.

In particular, the judges who were listening to the song shed tears and gathered a topic, and the main character, Baritone Kim Ki-hoon, is the first guest.

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: First of all, as I said there, I am giving this glory back to God and my family. I still don't feel it, actually. I don't know what to say.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: It feels very different from when I got 2nd place and when I won the championship. In fact, it was an unexpected victory, so I was even more surprised. Ever since I started singing, I've always wanted to stand here, but I've been standing there and even won the championship.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: Actually, during the performance, the judges had a bad expression on their faces, their chins were clenched, and their expressions were dark, so I was singing something wrong. I showed him the video. The judges were in tears, so I didn't believe it at first. What kind of judges shed tears while judging a contest? He really shed tears again.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: I didn't see that at first, but I found out because the manager sent me an article. (Then it must have become famous in England or something like that.) I think I have a little bit of British fans.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: Rather than adapting to a certain characteristic of the competition, I always think of the competition as a performance, not as a competition. So I'm just showing what I'm doing. But if there is one difference, I wanted to show a rather splendid stage by making the most of my voice, but this time, the concept was very different, the first was bright music, the second was very lyrical music, and the third was me.

n't it effective to do the music I was originally good at

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[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: When I was in my third year of high school, I was doing a choir in the countryside, at a church. However, I happened to have a seminar in that choir, and the person who came as the seminar lecturer recognized my voice at that time and kept telling my parents, as if trying to encourage me, that I should unconditionally sing. So, I was also seriously thinking about my career at that time, so I went to take a test, but got a lot of praise and started from there.]

Working on the

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: I would like to give an example of a work I did well, but ironically, the debut stage is the most memorable for me.

(What kind of stage is it?) I was appearing in a supporting role at that time.

However, it was my first time on stage in Germany and I made my debut without knowing what to say, so I didn't know exactly what the director meant.

So, there is a scene where you have to rip off your colleague's sleeve to cover Rigoletto's eyes, but I didn't understand it and didn't rip the sleeve and was bewildered.

So I remember the person playing the role of Rigoletto ripped his sleeve and covered his eyes.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: From now on, the closest recital will be held in Korea on September 4 at the Seoul Arts Center.

(It's this weekend.) And overseas, I started with an opera in San Diego in January, and thankfully this time I made my debut in Covent Garden.]

[Kim Ki-hoon / Vocalist: When you think of soprano, teacher Sumi Jo comes to mind first, to everyone.

So, I also want to become a pronoun in the baritone side so much that Kim Ki-hoon comes to mind first when I think of baritone.]

(Screen source: BBC)