Kolleen Park

Kolleen Park
Korean name
Hangul 박칼린
Revised Romanization Bak Kallin
McCune–Reischauer Pak K'allin
Birth name
Hangul 박영미
Revised Romanization Bak Yeongmi
McCune–Reischauer Pak Yŏngmi

Kolleen Park (also known as Bak Kallin and Park Youngmi), is an American-born South Korean musical director, conductor, and actress, and is also a judge on the Korean talent show Korea's Got Talent.

Background

Kolleen was born in the United States on May 1, 1967, to a Korean father and an American mother of Lithuanian descent. Kolleen has two sisters named Kim and Kelly. She is bilingual, being fluent in both English and Korean.[1]

She has a bachelor’s degree for the cello from California Institute of the Arts and a master’s degree from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Music in Korean traditional music.[2]

Career

Kolleen currently serves as artistic director for Kyyk Musical Studio and as head professor at Howon University.[2]

She was the conductor for the musical "Aida", the Korean version of Disney's first original Broadway musical rather than the opera, which was the most popular show in Korea at the end of 2010 and topped the booking rankings for December that were compiled by Inter Park.[1]

Kolleen performed her one woman show "This is Kolleen" to open the 2011 Seoul Jazz Festival.[2]

In 2011, she also directed the Korean production of Rent.[1]

Kolleen starred in the Korean production of the rock musical "Next to Normal" starting November 18, 2011.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Musical Director Kolleen Park Lives for the Moment of Performance". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kollen Park storms Seoul jazz festival". Korea Herald. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  3. ↑ "Kolleen Park to Make Stage Acting Comeback". The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved June 10, 2011.

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