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Yeol Eum Son
Yeol Eum Son (Korean: 손열음; born May 2, 1986) is a South Korean classical pianist. She is an interpreter of the classical period of composers, especially Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, as well as such later composers as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Son has achieved global acclaim for her performances of Mozart's piano concertos and piano sonatas.
Son is an internationally recognized concert pianist with major orchestras, performing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and with such conductors as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Valery Gergiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, Edward Gardner, and Jaap van Zweden. She performs recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York City, US, at Wigmore Hall in London, UK and at the Edinburgh International Festival in UK.
Son was born in Wonju, South Korea.
Son took her first piano lesson at the age of three and a half. She made a recital debut on Kumho Prodigy Concert Series in July 1998. At the age of twelve, she started studying with pianist Kim Dae-jin. At age sixteen, she entered the Korea National University of Arts to continue her piano studies. At the age of 18, she recorded the complete Chopin Etudes (Op. 10 and Op. 25) for a CD on the Universal Music Label.
In 2006, she began studying with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, in Hannover, Germany, where she currently resides.
Son was awarded the Silver Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. At the Tchaikovsky Competition she also received the prizes for Best Chamber Concerto Performance and the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work. The video of her performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 at the Tchaikovsky Competition has received an estimated 31 million online views, considered a record for a live Mozart performance.
She had earlier won the Silver Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. In that same competition, she won the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music.
Son had also won the Bronze Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2005).
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Yeol Eum Son
Yeol Eum Son (Korean: 손열음; born May 2, 1986) is a South Korean classical pianist. She is an interpreter of the classical period of composers, especially Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, as well as such later composers as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Son has achieved global acclaim for her performances of Mozart's piano concertos and piano sonatas.
Son is an internationally recognized concert pianist with major orchestras, performing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and with such conductors as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Valery Gergiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, Edward Gardner, and Jaap van Zweden. She performs recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York City, US, at Wigmore Hall in London, UK and at the Edinburgh International Festival in UK.
Son was born in Wonju, South Korea.
Son took her first piano lesson at the age of three and a half. She made a recital debut on Kumho Prodigy Concert Series in July 1998. At the age of twelve, she started studying with pianist Kim Dae-jin. At age sixteen, she entered the Korea National University of Arts to continue her piano studies. At the age of 18, she recorded the complete Chopin Etudes (Op. 10 and Op. 25) for a CD on the Universal Music Label.
In 2006, she began studying with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, in Hannover, Germany, where she currently resides.
Son was awarded the Silver Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011. At the Tchaikovsky Competition she also received the prizes for Best Chamber Concerto Performance and the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work. The video of her performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 at the Tchaikovsky Competition has received an estimated 31 million online views, considered a record for a live Mozart performance.
She had earlier won the Silver Medal at the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. In that same competition, she won the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music.
Son had also won the Bronze Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2005).