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Competitors Through to the Final Round of the Competition
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Soo Jung
Ann
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Korea
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| Soo-Jung, Ann from Seoul, Korea is a student of John O`Conor of the Royal lrish
Academy of Music where she is studying on the Master in Music Performance
Programme. She is a former student of Choong Mo, Kang at the School of Music of
the Korean National University of Arts where she obtained a Bachelor Degree of
Music in February 2OO7. |
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Alexej
Gorlatch
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Ukraine
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| Alexej Gorlatch started studying piano with E.G.Georgiew in Passau. At the age of 12 he became a young student at the University of Arts in Berlin with Prof. M.Hughes. Since 2003 Alexej has been studying at the University of Music and Drama in Hannover with Prof. K.-H.Kämmerling. |
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Soo-Yeon
Ham
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Korea
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| Soo-Yeon Ham was born in 1985 in Seoul, Korea. She began her piano
studies at the age of six, continuing her studies with Minja Shin on
scholarship at Sunwha Arts School and Sunwha Arts High School from 1998
to 2004. In 2004 she commenced her studies at the Seoul National
Universitv with Professor Hyoung-Joon Chang, graduating in 2008 with Top
Honours. |
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Naomi
Kudo
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USA-Japan
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| Twenty-one-year-old pianist Naomi Kudo is fast establishing a rising reputation for her fresh and versatile abilities as both a soloist and chamber musician. A newly-named winner of the 2008 Gilmore Young Artist Award, Kudo was born in Washington D.C. to Japanese-Korean parents. Since her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen, Kudo has played in venues around the world including the United States, Japan, Italy, Poland, France, and Austria. |
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Jong-Hai
Park
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Korea
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| Jong-Hai Park was born on October 17, 1990, in Seoul, Korea. For 2 years, from 1999 to 2000, he attended The Neighbourhood Music School and The Hart School, University of Hartford under the direction of M. Francis (CT, USA). For the following 5 years, from 2001 to 2006, he studied the piano at Yewon Music School, Seoul Arts High School, and the Preparatory Division of Korean National University of Arts (KNUA, Seoul) under the direction of Professor Chung-Mo Kang and Ji-Yune Kim. He was honourably permitted entrance of KNUA through the Prodigy Program 2006. He has won several domestic and International competitions, including the 1999 Greater New Haven Concert Orchestra Competition (1st prize), the 23rd Renee B. Fisher Competition (2nd prize.), Korea Philharmonic Orchestra Concour in 2OO2 (1st prize), Ewhakyunghang Competition in 2005 (3rd prize), China Shenzhen International Piano Concerto Competition in 2006 (semifinalist), The 4th Nagoya International Music Competition in 2008 (2nd prize) and The 2nd Hong Kong lnternational Piano Competition in 2008 (2nd prize). He also had a lot of piano recitals including Kumho Prodigy Concert and Young Artist Concert Series. |
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Eric
Zuber
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USA
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| Prize winner in the2008 Sydney International Piano Competition, the 2008
Seoul International Piano Competition, and winner of the 2007 Hilton Head
International Piano Competition, Eric Zuber is a musician of remarkable
emotional intensity and is recognized as one of the leading young American
pianists of his generation. The New York Times hailed his recent recital debut at
Carnegie Hall, calling his playing "irresistibly fluid," and the New York Concert
Review raved that Eric "was a breath of fresh air... Mr. Zuber struck one as an
especially thoughtful player who happens to possess technical brilliance."
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