Shi-Yeon Sung (born 1975, in

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) is a South Korean classical conductor. In 2006, she became the first woman to win first prize in the

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. In 2007, she won second prize in Bamberg's

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(no first prize was given that year). That year, she became the first female assistant conductor of the

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, a post she held through 2010. Among the orchestras she has conducted are the

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and the

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of Washington, D.C.. She was the associate conductor of the

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from 2009 to 2013. She served as the artistic director and chief conductor of Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra from January 2014 until 2017. In 2022, she was appointed to the role of Principal Guest Conductor of the

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