Ji-Yong
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With a musical personality and character well beyond his 18 years, Ji-Yong has been hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a thorough musician with a sound and style that seemed astonishingly mature" and "a gifted, sensitive young pianist who is clearly going places."
In 2001 at the age of ten, Ji-Yong became the youngest pianist ever to win the New York Philharmonic Young Artists Competition. Under the baton of Kurt Masur, he made a highly acclaimed debut with the New York Philharmonic performing Mozart Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. In addition to his appearance at Avery Fisher Hall, Ji-Yong has performed at such esteemed international venues as Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Aspen Music Festival's Benedict Music Tent and Prague's Smetana Hall, and in recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and at St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall and the Sheremetev Palace in Russia. In 2007, Ji-Yong returned to his native Korea for the first time to play a much-anticipated recital at Seoul's LG Arts Center.
In the 2008-09 season, Ji-Yong will perform Mozart with the Louisiana Philharmonic under Carlos Miguel Prieto and Grieg with the Cincinnati Pops under Erich Kunzel's baton. Hosted by the weekly radio showcase From the Top, the Cincinnati program will be recorded by Telarc Records for what will mark Ji-Yong's international recording debut. Later that season, he will make his European recital debut at the Musée du Louvre in Paris and play recitals in Oklahoma City and in Cedar Falls at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.
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In 2001 at the age of ten, Ji-Yong became the youngest pianist ever to win the New York Philharmonic Young Artists Competition. Under the baton of Kurt Masur, he made a highly acclaimed debut with the New York Philharmonic performing Mozart Piano Concerto in D Minor, K. 466. In addition to his appearance at Avery Fisher Hall, Ji-Yong has performed at such esteemed international venues as Chicago's Orchestra Hall, Aspen Music Festival's Benedict Music Tent and Prague's Smetana Hall, and in recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, and at St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall and the Sheremetev Palace in Russia. In 2007, Ji-Yong returned to his native Korea for the first time to play a much-anticipated recital at Seoul's LG Arts Center.
In the 2008-09 season, Ji-Yong will perform Mozart with the Louisiana Philharmonic under Carlos Miguel Prieto and Grieg with the Cincinnati Pops under Erich Kunzel's baton. Hosted by the weekly radio showcase From the Top, the Cincinnati program will be recorded by Telarc Records for what will mark Ji-Yong's international recording debut. Later that season, he will make his European recital debut at the Musée du Louvre in Paris and play recitals in Oklahoma City and in Cedar Falls at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center.