Sungha Jung

Sungha Jung, the 13-year-old fingerstyle guitar virtuoso from South Korea has been hailed by many guitar lovers and musicians around the world as one of the finest young fingerstyle guitarists who does not just display high level of technical skill, but bring artistically mature interpretation to the songs he plays. He is now one of the most sought-after acoustic guitar players on Youtube, world's largest video posting website. Within 48 months since he joined in 2006, his videos received over 140,000,000 views with 200,000 subscribers worldwide, which gave him the title of being the first Korean to ever achieve such disticntion. Since he started playing at age ten, he has made numerous stage and TV appearances and also been invited to perform with many prominent musicians worldwide, among whom are renowned guitarists including Ulli Boegershausen, Kotaro Oshio and Tommy Emmanuel. He has been a special guest performer for various special events and festivals including Seoul International Youth Film Festival and Bangkok Acoustic Guitar Celebration 2009 and also chosen to be supporting act for world class bands such as Swell Season and Mr. Big. In January, 2010, he made his first trip to the US and also had a very successful solo tour the next month in 5 cities of Finland, where he garnered substantial media attentions across the country.

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