Songmi Yang began her early career at Wiener Staatsoper, Vienna, where she performed in Die Walküre, Carmen, Lucia di Lammermoor with Maestros Daniele Gatti, Marcello Viotti and Renato Palumbo. Additionally, she also appeared at the Oper Graz, Austria, in Parsifal, Die Zauberflöte, Ariadne auf Naxos and Adriana Lecouvreur in productions conducted by Phillip Jordan and Johannes Stert.

Songmi obtained her Mag. art. at Kunst Universität, in Graz, Austria and her Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Seoul National University in Korea. Additionally, she also won the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona and Dong-A Music Competition in Korea.

Songmi made her debut with the Korean National Opera in Idomeneo, followed by all major mezzo-soprano roles in the opera repertory, including Boris Godunov, Rusalka, Salome, Il trovatore, Werther, Norma, Don Carlo, Aida, Rigoletto and Carmen with the Korean National Opera, Seoul Metropolitan Opera and Seoul Arts Center.

In addition to her operatic roles, she has also performed as alto soloist in concert works such as Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, and Mahler’s Eighth Symphony with Maestro Myung Whun Chung.

She has also sung in Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Handel’s Messiah and Judas Maccabaeus, Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity, Bach’s St John’s Passion and Christmas Oratorio, Mahler’s Second, Fourth, Eighth Symphonies and Kindertotenlieder with major orchestras in Korea, including the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Korean Symphony Orchestra and the National Chorus of Korea.

She is currently a professor at the College of Arts, Kyungsung University.