Asian and Pacific Islander (and diaspora) singers of Western classical music: a list that may actually be slightly more complete than its predecessors
The reason I say that — and why most of these artists are still with us — is that this is a fairly recent phenomenon. Still, I’m bound to have missed some. This list includes East, South, and North Asia; the region sometimes known as Central Asia will get its own list.
My disclaimer from earlier posts in this series applies here as well.
Josef Jeongmeen Ahn, baritone, S Korea
Julius Ahn, tenor, S Korea
Brian Asawa (1966-2016), counter-tenor, USA
Seok Jong Baek, tenor, S Korea
Zheng Cao (1966-2013), mezzo-soprano, China
Jeongcheol Cha, bass-baritone, S Korea
Wei En Chan, counter-tenor, Singapore
Mario Chang, tenor, Guatemala
Sejong Chang, Bass, S Korea
Peixin Chen, bass, China
Sungjun Cho, bass, S Korea
Tiffany Choe, soprano, USA
Insik Choi, baritone, S Korea
Jerilyn Chou, soprano, USA
Siman Chung, counter-tenor, S Korea
Paul Corona, bass, USA
Chao Deng, bass, China
Danielle de Niese, soprano, Australia
Adam Diegel, tenor, S Korea
Amartuvshin Enkhbat, baritone, Mongolia
Arthur Espiritu, tenor, Philipines
Hinako Fujihara, soprano, Japan
Ying Fang, soprano, China
Andrew Gangestad, bass, S Korea
Sen Guo, soprano, China
Hui He, soprano, China
Candy Grace Ho, contralto, Hong Kong
Karen Chia-ling Ho, soprano, Taiwan
Haeran Hong, soprano, S Korea
Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano, S Korea
Elenora Hu, soprano, Netherlands
Ya Chung Huang, tenor, Taiwan
Sumi Hwang, soprano, S Korea
Sunhae Im, soprano, S Korea
Shiki Inoue, soprano, Japan
Yeonjoo Katharina Jang, soprano, S Korea
Sol Jin, baritone, S Korea
Sumi Jo, soprano, S Korea
David Minseok Kang, bass, S Korea
Joo Won Kang, baritone, S Korea
Pilgoo Kang, bass-baritone, S Korea
Quinn Kelsey, baritone, USA
Maya Kherani, soprano, USA
Antonia Ahyoung Kim, soprano, S Korea
David Junghoon Kim, tenor, S Korea
Gihoon Kim, baritone, S Korea
Hyoyoung Kim, soprano, S Korea
Jason Kim, tenor, S Korea
Jihee Kim, soprano, S Korea
Kangmin Justin Kim, counter-tenor, S Korea
Kathleen Kim, soprano, S Korea
Konu Kim, tenor, S Korea
Kyungho Kim, tenor, S Korea
Young Woo Kim, tenor, S Korea
Hellen Kwon, soprano, S Korea
Adam Lau, bass, USA
Haegee Lee, soprano, S Korea
Hye Jung Lee, soprano, S Korea
Seungweon Lee, bass, S Korea
Yonghoon Lee, tenor, S Korea
Yunah Lee, soprano, S Korea
Mingjie Lei, tenor, China
Jonathan Lemalu, bass-baritone, New Zealand
Meili Li, counter-tenor, China
Simon Lim, bass, S Korea
Chuanyuan Liu, counter-tenor, China
Long Long, tenor, China
Yitian Luan, soprano, China
Aki Matsui, soprano, Japan
Francesca Mehrotra, soprano, USA
Bejun Mehta, counter-tenor, USA
Misaki Morino, soprano, Japan
Eri Nakamura, soprano, Japan
Nina Yoshida Nelsen, mezzo-soprano, USA
Sean Panikkar, tenor, USA
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano, India
Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, S Korea
Jongmin Park, bass, S Korea
So Young Park, soprano, S Korea
Young Doo Park, bass, S Korea
Amitai Pati, tenor, New Zealand
Pene Pati, tenor, Samoa
Nicholas Phan, tenor, USA
Sun-Ly Pierce, mezzo-soprano, USA
Ta’u Pupu’a, tenor, Tonga
Ross Ramgobin, baritone, UK
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, baritone, New Zealand
Rodell Rosel, tenor, Philippines
Yasko Sato, soprano, Japan
Shenyang, bass-baritone, China
Yijie Shi, tenor, China
Mika Shigematsu (d. 2019), mezzo-soprano, Japan
Kihwan Sim, bass-baritone, S Korea
Narea Son, soprano, S Korea
Juyeon Song, soprano, S Korea
Andrew Stenson, tenor, S Korea
William Guanbo Su, bass, China
Yeree Suh, soprano, China
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano, New Zealand
Asitha Tennekoon, tenor, Sri Lanka
Pete Thanapat, bass-baritone, Thailand
Brian Vu, tenor, USA
Karen Vuong, soprano, USA
Kang Wang, tenor, China
Yunpeng Wang, baritone, China
Boya Wei, soprano, China
David Won, baritone, S Korea
Hongni Wu, mezzo-soprano, China
Wei Wu, bass, China
Lei Xu, soprano, China
Angela Yam, soprano, USA
Guang Yang, mezzo-soprano, China
Seungwoo Simon Yang, tenor, S Korea
Wooyoung Yoon, tenor, S Korea
Junho You, tenor, S Korea
Kwangchul Youn, bass, S Korea
Guanqun Yu, soprano, China
Lu Yuan, tenor, China
Hyung Yun, baritone, S Korea
Liping Zhang, soprano, China
Meigui Zhang, soprano, China
Wenwei Zhang, bass, China
Yajie Zhang, mezzo-soprano, China
Huiling Zhu, mezzo-soprano, China
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