August 11, 2001
Saturday, 8 PM at Keiter Center
Yeol-Eum Son, piano
Program
Haydn: Sonata Hob.50 in C major
Beethoven: Sonata No. 26 in Eb Major Op. 81a
Chopin: Etude Op.25 No.11 in A minor
Liszt: Paganini Etude 3 "La Campanella in G# minor
Rachmaninoff: Sonata Op.36 No.2 in F minor (Rivised version)
The Artist:
Yeol-Eum Son has emerged as one of the outstanding pianists from Korea. She
was born in 1986 and began to study the piano when she was three. She gave
her first public recital two years later when she was six years old. In 1997,
she won the 2nd Prize in the 3rd International Tchaikovsky Competition for
Young Musician in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was the youngest among the
participants and received an exceptionally favorable review. The jury
members quoted her as: " …a very young girl who had lived only in Korea but
she has the best understanding of the Russian music than any other
competitors." Since then she has participated in numerous prestigious music
festivals including the Annual Music Festival in Boston Walnut Hill School
where she studied with Yin Cheng-Zong, a professor in Cleveland Conservatory,
and she also appeared as soloist with the Longwood Symphony Summer
Orchestra.
In 1999, as the youngest participant, she won the 1st Prize in the 3rd
Oberlin International Piano Competition held in Ohio, U.S.A. In the following
year, she has won the 1st prize in the world-renowned Ettlingen International
Piano Competition held in Ettlingen, Germany. She was again the youngest
pianist. In addition, she received the EMCY prize, and Urtext prize in that
competition.
She has concertized extensively as a recitalist and soloist with the major
orchestras in Korea. In recognition of her achievements both in Korea and
abroad, Ms. Son had invited by the Seoul Arts Center, the most prestigious
concert hall in Korea, to perform two concertos with Seoul Philharmonic
Orchestra.
In 2001, She had finished her concert travel in Germany by the awards of the
7th Ettlingen International Piano Competition, some recitals and performing
concert with the Baden-Baden Philhamornic Ochestra.
She studies with Professor Daejin, Kim at the Preparatory Division of the
Korean National University of Art. Her hobbies are reading and computer
works. (written by Mr. DaeJin, Kim)
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