Members

Eun Sook Park / President / Director / Chief Permanent Conductor

With her strong leadership and top-level music technical skills, leading the choir from a small local choir to a world-renowned and internationally award-winning choir. She is a “thinking artist” who has led each and every member of the Gracias Choir with dedication and zest to become a choir of unprecedented new sound.
· Graduated in Choir Conducting and Symphony Orchestra Conducting from The Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory
· Doctoral Degree in Pedagogical Sciences from The Herzen State Pedagogical University

Boris Abalyan / Principal Conductor

Since conducting the Gracias Choir for the first time as a rep- resentative choir conductor of Russia at the Sydney Opera House in 2008, he has played a leading role in making them into a world-class choir. He is unsurpassed in making the most accurate sound, bringing out the energy of the members, and fusing them into artistic spirit.
· Awarded Best Conductor Prize in 1999 Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition
· Awarded Best Conductor Prize in 2010 Busan Choral Festival and Competition
· Currently a professor at St. Petersburg State Conservatory

Tae Hyeong Kim / Gracias Choir Conductor