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Sumi Jo ((:tɕo sʰumi); born 22 November 1962) is a Grammy Award winning South Korean lyric coloratura soprano known for her interpretations of the bel canto repertoire.〔(Wolf Artists: Sumi Jo )〕〔Raphaelle Occhietti & William Sanger, (Sumi Jo chante le bel canto ) (''Le Polyscope'', 12 October 2008)〕 ==Early life and education== Jo was born Jo Su-gyeong (:tɕo sʰuɡjʌŋ) in Seoul, South Korea. Her mother was an amateur singer and pianist who had been unable to pursue her own professional music studies due to the political situation in Korea during the 1950s. Determined to provide her daughter with opportunities she never had, Jo's mother enrolled her in piano lessons at the age of 4 and later voice lessons at the age of 6. As a child, Jo would often spend up to eight hours a day studying music.〔(Sumi Jo: Devoted to Music )〕 In 1976, Jo entered the Sun Hwa Arts School from which she graduated in 1980 with diplomas in voice and piano.〔(ÀÌ ¹Àº ¼¼°è·Î ÅëÇÑ´Ù. ¼±È¿¹¼ú°íµîÇб³¿¡ ¿À½Å °É ȯ¿µÇÕ´Ï´Ù )〕 She continued her music studies at Seoul National University from 1981 to 1983. While studying at SNU, Jo made her professional recital debut, appeared in several concerts with the Korean Broadcasting System, and made her professional operatic debut as Susanna in ''The Marriage of Figaro'' with Seoul Opera.〔 In 1983, Jo decided to leave SNU in order to study music in Italy at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Among her teachers there were Carlo Bergonzi and Giannella Borelli. While Jo studied in Italy, she was frequently heard in concert in Italian cities and on national radio broadcasts and telecasts. It was during this time when Jo decided to use "Sumi" as her stage name in order to make her name more friendly to European language speakers who often found it difficult to pronounce Su-gyeong. She graduated in 1985 with a concentration in keyboard as well as voice. Following graduation, Jo began to study voice with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf〔 and won several international competitions in Seoul, Naples, Enna, Barcelona, and Pretoria. In August 1986, she was unanimously awarded first prize in the Carlo Alberto Cappelli International Competition in Verona, one of the world's most important contests, open only to first-prize winners of other major competitions.〔(Biography for Sumi Jo – WindowsMedia.com Media Guide )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sumi Jo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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