Join us at 4:00pm EDT on Tuesday, August 22nd for a special Steinway Spiriocast event live from Hamburg, featuring the talents of Su Yeon Kim.
The Korean pianist Su Yeon Kim achieved international acclaim when she won the first prize at the Concours musical international de Montréal 2021 and the second prize at the International Mozart Competition 2020 in Salzburg. Her recent debut appearance with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal under Maestro Osmo Vänskä in October 2022 marks a turning point in her career, after giving concerts in numerous prestigious venues throughout the world, such as Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, NDR-Sendesaal Hannover, Herkulessaal Munich, Franz Liszt Hall Budapest, Teatro alla Scala Milan, Mozarteum Grand Hall Salzburg, Salle Cortot Paris, Kennedy Center Washington D.C., Canadian Opera Company Toronto, Hamarikyu Asahi Hall Tokyo and Seoul Arts Centre, among others.
Su Yeon Kim has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic, Slovakia Philharmonic, Orchestra dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Salzburg Orchestra Soloists, Mozarteum Orchestra and Krakow Philharmonic. Her long-standing desire to learn the art of conducting an orchestra from the keyboard became a reality when the Steinway Prizewinner Concerts network invited her to participate in Paris Play-Direct Academy of the Orchestre de chambre de Paris which culminated in a performance at Philharmonie de Paris.
In 2023, Su Yeon will regularly perform in Seoul as the Artist-in-Residence of Kumho Art Hall.
Born in Seoul in 1994, Su Yeon has studied with Choong-Mo Kang at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, Eunok Kim and Eunju Heo. She moved to Salzburg at the age of 19 where she completed her studies under the tutelage of Pavel Gililov. In addition, she was mentored by Paul Gulda and received valuable inspiration from Alfred Brendel, Sir András Schiff and Robert Levin.