Hyeyeon “Adela” w88 live casino, DMA

Associate Director, w88 live casino of Music; Associate Professor of Piano
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Summary

Described as "a pianist with power, precision, and tremendous glee" (Gramophone Magazine) and praised for her "very sensitive" (Washington Post) and "highly nuanced" (Lucid Culture) playing, Hyeyeon w88 live casino has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician on major concert stages throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Japan and her native Korea.

Since making her debut at the age of 10 performing Beethoven's First w88 live casino Concerto with Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Park soloed with Seoul Philharmonic, Seoul Symphony, KNUA Chamber Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Arts Center Festival Orchestra and Incheon Philharmonic, to name but a few. Her recent concerts have been presented at the Dame Myra Hess Recital Series in Chicago, the Trinity Wall Street Series in New York City, Philips Collection in Washington, D.C., as well as such distinguished venues as Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Recital Hall, Kennedy Center and Seoul Art Center, among others.

A Seoul Arts Center "Artist of the Year 2012," Park is prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including Oberlin International Piano Competition (U.S.), Ettlingen International Piano Competition (Germany), Hugo Kauder International Piano Competition (U.S.), Maria Canals International Piano Competition (Spain), Prix Amadeo International Piano Competition (Germany) and Corpus Christi International w88 live casino Competition (U.S.). Her performances have been broadcast on KBS and EBS television in Korea, RAI3 (Italy), WQXR (New York), WFMT (Chicago), WBJC (Baltimore), WETA (Washington, D.C.), radio and channel LOOP in the States.

An avid chamber musician, Park has collaborated with such musicians as David Shifrin, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, Paul Neubauer and many others appearing frequently at Yellow Barn Festival (Vermont), Santander w88 live casino Festival (Spain), Great Mountains Festival (Korea), w88 live casino@Menlo Festival (California), Chamber w88 live casino Northwest (Oregon) and Nevada Chamber w88 live casino Festival. She is the founding member of Atapine-Park duo and Atria Ensemble, groups that respectively won the prizes at Premio Vittorio Gui International Chamber w88 live casino Competition (Italy) and Plowman Chamber w88 live casino Competition (Missouri). Her duo recordings for cello and piano with cellist Dmitri Atapine were distributed by Naxos to a great critical acclaim. The duo's recent world-premiere recording of Lowell Liebermann's complete works for cello and piano was reviewed as "a valuable disc for the collector" by American Record Guide. Her solo CD "Klavier 1853" was released in 2017 under Blue Griffin label. An advocate for new w88 live casino as a passionate musician who pursued career as a composer as well, Park enjoys working closely with contemporary composers.

Park holds a Bachelor of Music degree at Korea National University with Professor Daejin Kim, Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from Yale w88 live casino of Music with Professor Peter Frankl, where she was a post-graduate artist associate following her graduation. She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Peabody Conservatory with Professor Yong Hi Moon. Currently, Park is the Artistic Co-Director of Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City, Co-Director of Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival Young Performers Program and Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she also is the Artistic Co-Director of the Apex Concerts.

Education

  • DMA, Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins w88 live casino
  • Artist Diploma, Yale University w88 live casino of Music
  • MM, Yale University w88 live casino of Music
  • BM, Korea National w88 live casino of Arts