Jeewon Park, piano
Pianist Jeewon Park is rapidly garnering the attention of audiences throughout the world for her dazzling technique and poetic lyricism. Since making her debut at the age of 12 with the Korean Symphony Orchestra performing Chopin’s First Concerto, Ms. Park has appeared as a recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with orchestra throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and Asia. Ms. Park has appeared in solo and chamber music concerts at such venues as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Emilia-Romagna Festival (Italy), Taos Music Festival (NM), Music Alp in Courchevel (France), and Kusatsu Summer Music Festival (Japan). In recent seasons, Ms. Park has appeared abroad as a soloist with Mexico National Philharmonic, Mexico State Symphony, Monterey Symphony, as well as with orchestras in her native country, including the Korea Broadcasting System (KBS) Orchestra, Korean Symphony, and Yonsei Philharmonic. She has been heard in numerous live broadcasts on NPR and New York’s Classical Radio Station, WQXR. Additionally, her performances have been nationally broadcast on KBS and EBS TV throughout Korea. Jeewon Park moved to the United States in the summer of 2002, after having won practically all of the major honors in Korea, most notably the First Prize in the 1997 JoongAng National Times Competition and the 2000 Korea Broadcasting System Symphony Orchestra Competition. Ms. Park holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Yale University.
