The South Korean conductor Hyunju Kwon recently won the 5th German Choral Conducting Prize of the German Music Council in collaboration with the RIAS Kammerchor Berlin and also received the Audience Award. After completing her Bachelor's and Master's studies in choral and orchestral conducting in Seoul, Karlsruhe and Mannheim, she is currently deepening her skills as part of her concert exam under Prof. Georg Grün in Saarbrücken.

Kwon has worked with both amateur and professional choirs, including the Chamber Choirs of Stuttgart and Saarbrücken. For the latter, she has been serving as musical assistant since October 2021.  She has also worked as a conductor with professional orchestras, including the Philharmonie Baden-Baden and the Stuttgart Philharmonic. Kwon celebrated international success as winner of the Fosco Corti International Competition for Choral Conductors 2021 in Turin, Italy, and the International Choral Conductors Competition 2022 in Preveza, Greece.