Sumi Hwang

Sumi Hwang (; born 25 January 1986) is a South Korean soprano.

Early life and education Hwang was born in Yecheon, South Korea. She studied at the Seoul National University where she received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in music. In 2011 she moved to Europe and completed the postgraduate course at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München.

Career Her singing talent was recognized in a church choir and she was encouraged to take singing lessons. That year, Hwang also was award first prize at the Grandi Voci in Salzburg.

In May 2014, Sumi Hwang won the first prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium. Later that year, she made her United States debut at the Phillips Collection.

She performed the Olympic Hymn, singing in Greek, at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang