Myung-whun Chung will be the first Asian, and one of the first conductors born outside Italy, to serve as music director in ...

South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung has been named the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla ...

La Scala and I have been best friends for 36 years, but now that we’ve become family, I feel a greater sense of ...

Maestro Chung Myung-whun, recently appointed music director of Italy's Teatro alla Scala, described the new role as the ...

Dedicated fan of Verdi, pasta, La Scala and Italy, Korean maestro likens his appointment to 'getting married after loving each other for 36 years.' In a nutshell, what led to the appointment of ...

South Korean Conductor Myung-Whun Chung Named La Scala's First-Ever Asian Musical Conductor MILAN (AP) — South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of ...

La Scala noted his ''close and productive'' relationship with La Scala's orchestra, choir and philharmonic, and credited him with doing more than any other any non-musical director to raise La ...

(AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) La Scala noted his “close and productive” relationship with La Scala’s orchestra, choir and philharmonic, and credited him with doing more than any other any ...

MILAN (AP) — South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position.

Leading conductor Chung Myung-whun has been appointed musical director of the world-renowned Italian opera house La Scala (Teatro alla Scala) of Milan to serve from 2027-30. The opera house on May 12 ...