Deutsche Kurzbiografie

Hong Chun Youn

Birthdate: 12/12/1982

Education
Internaional Piano Academy Lake Como, Dongo, Italy, 2006-present
Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Hannover (Künstlerische Ausbildung),2001-present
New England Conservatory Preparatory School, Boston, USA 1996-2001
(Graduated with the award given to the most promising student)
Yewon Arts School, Seoul, Korea 1995-1996
Korean National University of Arts Preparatory School, 1993-1996

Teachers
Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, 2001-2006
Wha-Kyung Byun, 1996-2001 (New England Conservatory)
Jong-Pil Im, 1993-1996 (Korean Nation University of Arts)

Performances (solo)
appearance with the Lohja Symphony Orchestra, Finland (10.2006)
appearance with the South Bohemian Chamber Orchestra, Pardubice (1/2006)
appearance with the Volgograd Symphony Orchestra (conductor Eduard Serov)
Madrid, Barcelona (11/2005)
appearance with the Sudezka Philharmony Orchestra, Poland, (11/2005)
appearances with the Karlsbad Symphony Orchestra (conductor Manuel Hernandez Silva) Karlsbad (6/2005 and 6/2006)
appearance with the Statni Filharmonie Brno (conductor Ernst Hoetzl)
Brno(3/2005)
appearance with the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Halle (conductor Christian Schultz) Halle, Germany, and Wels, Austria (2/2005)
appearance with the Janacek Philharmonie (conductor Michael Rohac)
Ostrava (1/2005)
appearance with the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Prague (11/2004)
appearance with the Toronto Philharmonia (conductor Kerry Stratton)
Toronto(10/2004 and 5/2006)
appearance with the North Czech Philharmonie Orchestra (conductor Charles-Olivieri Munroe) Prague (3/2004)
soloist in the tour of Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Boston (conductor Benjamin Zander) 8 concerts in Boston (Jordan Hall) and numerous cities in Mexiko and Cuba including Mexico City (Palacio de Bellas Artes), Veracruz, Havanna (Teatro Amadeo Roldan), and Matanzas (6/1999)
appearance with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (1994)
Numerous Recitals in Seoul, USA, Italy, Germany, and Netherland.

Performances (chamber Music)
Duo Recital with violinist Hyuk Joo Kwun in Alcamo, Italy 4/2005), in Klosterneuburg, Austria (2/2005), and in Copenhagen as a part of the Copenhagen Summer Festival (7/2004)
Duo Recital with cellist Daniel Veis, Wien (5/2004), and in Prague for the Prague Spring Festival Society (4/2006)
Chamber Music Performance at a benefit concert , Alice Tully Hall and 92nd Y, New York City (2000)
Chamber Music Performance for the National Public Radio Boston (1999)

Recordings
Schumann Piano Concerto with the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Vallek for the Czech Radio (2006)
Chopin Piano Concertos no.1&2 with the Nurnberger Symphoniker, Sony BMG Korea (2004)
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto no.2 with the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra Boston, CPI Records (1999)

Competitions
The 2nd Shanghai International Piano Competition, 5th prize (2003)
Concorso Pianistico Internazionale "Alessandro Casagrande", 2nd prize and 2 special prizes (2002)
Concorso pianistico Internazionale "Ferruccio Busoni", The youngest finalist (1999)
Harvard Musical Association Achievement Award, 1st prize (1998)

Masterclasses with musicians including Andras Schiff, Dmitri Bashkirov, Russel Sherman, Christoph Eschenbach, and Yo Yo Ma(chamber music) in Braunschweig, Wien, Santander, Boston, Salzburg, Positano and Seoul.

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