From South Korea, Gihoon has risen to prominence following a string of international competition successes, including winning Second Prize and the Audience Prize at Operalia 2019 and the Second Prize at the 2019 International Tchaikovsky Competition.

This season Gihoon will make his US debut as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte at The San Diego Opera, and will sing Marcello La bohème with Korea National Opera – Future seasons will see series of exciting opera and concert debuts at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Glyndebourne Festival and Washington National Opera, as well as galas and recitals across Asia and beyond.

Recent highlights include Germont in La traviata at the Mariinsky Theatre and gala concerts at the Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall and Zaryadye Hall in Moscow at the invitation of Valery Gergiev.

Gihoon is a former member of the Junges Ensemble at Staatstheater Hannover which he joined after his studies with Kwan-dong Kim at the Yonsei University in Seoul.