Kim Hyun-ho, a student at the Baty Brass Academy run by the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO), won in the trumpet section of the 2017 Jeju International Brass Competition which was held Aug. 8 to 16 on Jeju Island.
For the trumpet section, 66 trumpet players from around the world competed. Kim has been a student at the Baty Brass Academy since 2014 and entered the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMD de Paris) in 2015 as the first Korean brass instrument player. Baty Brass Academy is an academy run by leading trumpet player Alexandre Baty under his name since 2013. Baty has been with the SPO since 2011.
The Jeju International Brass Competition has four competition sections _ tenor trombone, horn, trumpet and quintet. It is an international competition registered since 2009 with the World Federation of International Music Competitions.