Sangmin Oh

Instrument
percussions

Sangmin Oh

Sangmin Oh was born in 2001 in South Korea. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in music at Kangwon National University under the tutelage of Sun-min Shim. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree specialising in artistic performance at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, where he studies with Emil Kuyumcuyan, Thomas Varga, Marc Strobel and Ulrich Weber.

His competition successes include third prize at the World Marimba Competition. Since August 2026, he has been a member of the timpani and percussion section at the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra’s Orchestral Academy.

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