Yoonjung Han

This is a Korean name; the family name is Han.
Yoonie Han
Birth name Yoonjung Han
Born (1985-01-12) January 12, 1985
South Korea
Origin New York City, New York, United States
Genres Classical
Occupation(s) Pianist, Entertainer, Professor
Instruments Piano
Years active 1998-present
Labels Steinway & Sons, Concert Artists Guild
Website www.yooniehan.com
Yoonjung Han
Hangul 한윤정
Hanja 韓侖廷
Revised Romanization Han Yunjeong
McCune–Reischauer Han Yunjŏng

Yoonjung "Yoonie" Han (born January 12, 1985 in South Korea[1][2]) is an award-winning female South Korean-born American classical pianist.

Education

State University of New York Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)
Doctor of Musical Arts 		2017 (proj.)
The Juilliard School (New York, NY)
Master of Music 		2009
The Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, PA)
Bachelor of Music 		2007
The Juilliard School Pre-college (New York, NY) 2003

Principal Teachers: Robert McDonald, Eleanor Sokoloff, Eduardus Halim

Teaching experience

Masterclasses / Seminars

Career

Her first competitive performance was at age 13, in the Seoul Philharmonic competition which she won, and that was followed by many more such engagements.[3] In 2010, music critic Jon Sobel wrote that she will likely be among the premiere young pianists of the decade, "one of those natural-born performers who become one with the instrument—not trying to surmount it, as a more showy pianist might, but rather losing herself in the music like an actor merging magnetically with a role."[4] Ms. Han has also enjoyed special sponsorships from Roche Bobois, the Paris-based international retailer of fine furniture; Breguet, France’s leading maker of luxury timepieces, as well as Dolce & Gabbana, the Italian fashion house, which has supplied gowns for her concerts. Han's last album "Love and Longing" on Steinway & Sons label has been quickly raised on the Classical Billboard chart, and nominated as "Album of the week" on WQXR. Han is a Steinway & Sons' Concert & Recording artist. She is on the faculty of Piano and Chamber Music at Bilkent University, Turkey.

1998–2008

At age thirteen, Han made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Sejong Concert Hall, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto Number 3 in C minor.[5]

Han won the Concerto Competition at the Juilliard Pre-College, and performed with the Pre-College Symphony at the Juilliard Theater. On February 19, 2005 Han performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number 2 in C minor with the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra in Pottstown, Pennsylvania as part of their Masterworks II: Young Artist Showcase program.[6] Han was selected as one of thirty-eight pianists worldwide and from May 9 to June 5, 2005 participated in the 2005 TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute Young Artists program in conjunction with the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, performing at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the PepsiCo Recital Hall at the TCU Walsh Center for Performing Arts.[7]

On February 24, 2006, Han performed a 2-hour recital of Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Chopin, and Liszt at Dudley Recital Hall at the University of Houston.[8] On July 23, 2006 Han performed as a soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in their Bravo Beethoven concert at Artpark.[9] As the 2005 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition winner, on November 4 and 19, 2006, Han performed solo recitals at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York.[10]

On March 7, 2007, Han performed a recital at the Fifth Annual Steinway Piano Festival at Dauer Hall at the University of Florida.[11] On September 15, 2007 Han opened the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra's 60th season, performing the Liszt Piano Concerto Number 1 in E-flat major in their Diamond Jubilee concert.[12]

In June 2008, Han won the 2008 Juilliard Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and the Munz Chopin Competition. Along with a Lincoln Center recital, the winners received full tuition scholarships to Juilliard.[13] On August 10, 2008 Han performed Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 at Eric Harvie Theatre with the Banff Festival Orchestra at the 2008 Banff Summer Arts Festival in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.[14] On October 28, 2008 Han gave a recital at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio as the gold medalist of the 2008 Cincinnati World Piano Competition.[15]

2009–2010

On June 10, 2009, Han performed in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center.[16] The concert was also broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM) radio and Channel 25 television.

Han performed again at the Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival in Sag Harbor, New York.[17]

Han received the 2009 Gawon International Music Society of Seoul, South Korea award. This award is given to the "most brilliant pianist aged 17-31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence, to provide support for the artist's continued development and maturation as a musician." Han performed a solo recital at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, South Korea on September 19, 2009 as part of the award.[18]

On April 16, 2010, Han performed a solo recital of Haydn, Chopin, Granados, and R. Schumann at Starr Theater, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.[19]

On July 10, 2010, Han won The Keyboard Charitable Trust Career Development Award at the Concurso Internacional de Piano in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.[20]

2011–2013

On April 29, 2011, Han won the Fourth Prize at the Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna in Paterna, Valencia, Spain.[21]

On May 22, 2011, Han won the First Prize and Audience Prize out of 150 entrants from 40 countries at the Fulbright Concerto Competition in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[22] On May 28, 2011, Han won the First Prize, Louis A. Potter Award out of 222 entrants at the 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C..[23] On September 11, 2011 Han was one of six pianists in the world named a finalist for the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize awarded by the city of Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy.[24] On November 24, 2011 Han won the Rencontre International de Piano competition in Paris, sponsored by the Automobile Club de France.[25]

On November, 2011, Han made her European debut playing the Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Berliner Symphoniker at the main stage of Berlin Philharmonie. The following week, she continued her European tour, playing at the Beckstein in Frankfurt, Germany, and then at the Salle Cortot in Paris. On December 7, 2011 Han returned to perform a solo recital of Mompou and Granados at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center.[16] The concert was also broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM) radio and wfmt.com.

On March 28, 2012, Han made her Kennedy Center solo recital debut in the Terrace Theater in Washington, DC. She played a program of Bach-Busoni Chaconne, Granados Goyescas “Los Requiebros” and “El Amor Y La Muerte,” Liszt En Rêve and La Campanella, and Schumann Carnaval. The recital was presented by the Friday Morning Music Club in honor of Ms. Han’s first prize in the 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano.[26]

On July 18, 2012, WQXR-FM New York radio broadcast Han's Dvorak “Two Slavonic Dances” and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New York Concert Artists Symphony Orchestra conducted by as part of their weekly McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase program.[27]

In December, 2012 Yoonie Han was honored as a Steinway Artist by Steinway & Sons in New York City, adding her to a roster of the most accomplished and discriminating artists in the world.[28] With the support of the Fulbright Foundation and Steinway, Han was the first concert classical pianist to make a tour of major Steinway galleries in USA and Europe. in May, 2013, Han's first album was released by Concert Artists Guild. In winter, 2013 she performed the Beethoven Concerto No.3 with the Santa Cruz Symphony and Boca Raton Symphonia. Han Performed at the Frick Collection in New York at a concert sponsored by Breguet, the luxury watchmaker. At the Frick, she performed her own transcription of Liszt's Concerti. She triumphed on her Europe tour at the Concertgebouw in Netherland, Slovakia Philharmonic Hall in Slovakia, and Bergamo Festival in Italy.

2014–2015

In January 2014, Han's Gloriosa Piano Trio made a sold-out debut at the Flagler Museum in Palm Beach, Florida. In May, 2014, Han's album "Love and Longing" on Steinway & Sons record label was names 'Album of the Week' on WQXR, and rise quickly on he Billboard Classical Chart. At her CD release party at the Louis Meisel Gallery in New York, she performed on the historic Centennial Steinway from 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. A special dress was provided for the occasion by Dolce & Gabbana. In December, 11, she played another cooperate event for the Legal Aid Society, where she presented Schumann Carnaval Op. 9, and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue. In June, 2014, Han received "Brava!" award from the Italian Academy Foundation. On September 19, 2014, Han opened the season of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra, under the baton of Maestro David Wroe, with a performance o the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. On November 11, 2014, Han performed at the French luxury furniture, Roche Bobois' main showroom in New York, in association with Steinway and Dolce & Gabbana. The concert was a huge success, she played a further recital at their San Francisco showroom, and will return to Seattle and Paris showrooms. Yoonie Han is on the faculty of Piano and Chamber Music at the Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.

Awards

date award awarded by location
July 2014 "Brava!" Italian Academy Foundation New York City, New York, USA
December 2012 Steinway Artist[28] Steinway & Sons New York City, New York, USA
24 November 2011 Winner 2011 Rencontre International de Piano competition sponsored by Automobile Club de France[25] Paris, France
11 September 2011 Finalist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize 2011 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize awarded by the city of Eppan[24] Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy
28 May 2011 First prize, Louis A. Potter Award 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano[23] Washington, D.C., USA
22 May 2011 First prize, Audience prize 2011 Fulbright Concerto Competition[22] Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA
29 April 2011 Fourth prize 2011 Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna[21] Paterna, Valencia, Spain
10 July 2010 The Keyboard Trust Career Development Prize 2010 Concurso Internacional de Piano, The City of Florianópolis Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
14 October 2009 Semifinalist 10th San Antonio International Piano Competition San Antonio, Texas, USA
September 2009 2009 award winner [18] Gawon International Music Society Seoul, South Korea
13 July 2008 First prize (gold medal) 52nd Cincinnati World Piano Competition[29] Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
June 2008 Winner[13] 2008 Juilliard Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition New York City, New York, USA
7 June 2007 Fifth prize Second Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition[30] Helsinki, Finland
2006 First prize (gold medal) 58th Nena Wideman Piano Competition[31][32] Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
5 May 2005 First prize 56th Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Piano Competition[33] New York City, New York, USA
2005 Second prize, Audience Prize International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition[34] Seregno, Milan, Italy
2004 Winner Kathryn E. MacPhail Young Artist Competition[6] Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
2001 Grand prize Korea National Music Competition Seoul, South Korea

References

  1. ↑ Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition 2007 - The competitors - Han Yoonjung
  2. ↑ 2005 TCU Cliburn Institute - Young Artists - Participants
  3. ↑ Ward, Charles. "2008 Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition: The final four", Houston Chronicle (2008-06-06).
  4. ↑ Sobel, John. "Music Review: Yoonjung Han Plays Chopin and Mompou", Seattle Post Intelligencer (2010-10-06).
  5. ↑ InstantEncore - Yoonjung Han, piano biography
  6. 1 2 Campman Piano Studio - Community Concerts and Recitals
  7. ↑ 2005 TCU Cliburn Institute > Young Artists > Participants > Han, Yoonjung
  8. ↑ Forum Polonia Houston - Eighth Annual Piano Concert featuring Yoonjung Han
  9. ↑ WNY Polish American Events - July 2006
  10. ↑ Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York > Calendar of Events 2006
  11. ↑ University of Florida - College of Fine Arts News - University of Florida Presents the Fifth Annual Steinway Piano Festival March 6-9, 2007
  12. ↑ Shreveport Symphony Diamond Jubilee - September 15, 2007
  13. 1 2 JUILLIARD PIANISTS YOONJUNG HAN AND NAOMI KUDO OPEN 31ST SEASON OF THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES' "YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE"
  14. ↑ 2008 Banff Summer Arts Festival
  15. ↑ Taft Museum of Art - World Piano Competition Recital
  16. 1 2 International Music Foundation - The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
  17. ↑ Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival Presents Night of Piano Concerti
  18. 1 2 Gawon International Music Society - 2009 Award Winner - Yoonjung Han
  19. ↑ Time Out New York - Opera & Classical - Yoonjung Han at Alice Tully Hall (Lincoln Center)
  20. ↑ 2010 Concurso Internacional de Piano, The City of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
  21. 1 2 Primer Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna – Results
  22. 1 2 Fulbright Concerto Competition
  23. 1 2 Friday Morning Music Club, Inc. – 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano
  24. 1 2 2011 International Piano Academy Eppan – The Pianists
  25. 1 2 Alink-Argerich Foundation - Competition Results 2011 - Rencontre International de Piano, Paris
  26. ↑ The Washington Post: Pianist Yoonie Han hits sweet spot at Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater, 29 March 2012
  27. ↑ WQXR – The McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase: Double Keyboard Delight
  28. 1 2 Steinway & Sons – Steinway Artists – Last name begins with “H”
  29. ↑ The World Piano Competition
  30. ↑ Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition 2007 - Results
  31. ↑ The Wideman Piano Competition - Past Winners
  32. ↑ The 58th Wideman Piano Competition - 2006 Winners
  33. ↑ Kosciuszko Foundation Announces Chopin Piano Competition Winners
  34. ↑ Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli - Winner's List
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