Hankyeol Yoon
is the winner of the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award at the 2023 Salzburg Festival. The year 2024 saw him make his debut with Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Philharmoniker, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, and Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg. In 2025 he made his debut with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover, Belgian National Orchestra and returns to Seoul Philharmonic, Korean National Symphony as well as to Tongyeong International Music Festival.
Credit : Salzburger Festspiele
ORF-Radiosymphonieorchester Wien
In ‘Grium’ Hankyeol Yoon made the most of all the instrumental sounds and made them shine with effervescence – an intense stirring orchestral piece.
Also a prize-winning composer, Hankyeol opened his Salzburger Festpiele debut and Seoul Philharmonic return premiering his own composition, ‘Grium’. 2025 his last piece ‘Byeolsingut’ was premiered at Pohang International Music Festival under his baton.
ⓒMFPH/SJ Kim
Upcoming Concerts
Suwon, South Korea
12.Jun.2026
Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra
Seoul, South Korea
13.Jun.2026
Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra
Brussels, Belgium
20.Jul.2026
Belgian National Orchestra
Brussels, Belgium
24.Sep.2026
Belgian National Orchestra
News & Press
5 Breakouts From Classical Music’s Most Prestigious Festival
As the most recent winner of the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award … He programmed the world premiere of his “Grium (Longing)” … Its harmonic language may be generically modern, but the piece is skillfully crafted, with an intuitive sense for orchestral writing and subtle nods that avoided being cheaply overt. … Yoon, though, kept it all moving with unwavering vitality.
New York Times
Joshua Barone (21. Aug. 2024)
Yoon stretched the pain of an unfortunate man between curse and bliss throughout the whole movement
… Yoon again took the lamentation in the unusual final Adagio lamentoso very broadly, creating humble submission until this tonal biography faded away. The excellent orchestra followed Yoon’s suggestive, emotional signaling superbly. One must keep an eye on this brilliant youth!
Bachtrack
Michael Vieth (11. Aug. 2024)
Grande révélation du jeune chef Hankyeol Yoon
The Korean conductor Hankyeol Yoon wasn’t a replacement; he was a revelation…the orchestra hadn’t even uttered a sound before we knew he was a born conductor, simply by the way he signaled the first phrase of Romeo and Juliet with his hands: clarinets and bassoons, soft piano. The hand, the gesture, that is the sound. And that is what we heard. It will be exactly the same for the final chord of the work, magnificently powerful, yet remarkably rounded, without excess or vulgarity.
Le Devoir
Christophe Huss (23. Jan. 2026)