Praised for her “deeply reflective playing” (Indianapolis Star) and “infectious exuberance” (The New York Times), Korean-American pianist Jeewon Park has garnered worldwide acclaim for her poetic lyricism and dazzling technique. She maintains a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, and recording artist, performing a wide-ranging repertoire from J.S. Bach to today’s leading composers.

Since making her orchestral debut at age 12 performing Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Park has appeared as soloist with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony, Monterey Symphony, and The Florida Orchestra. She has performed extensively across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Ms. Park serves as co-artistic director of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute and is a founding member of the Palladium Chamber Players. She has appeared at numerous prestigious festivals and concert series across the United States, including the Manchester Music Festival, Seattle Chamber Music Society, Bowdoin International Music Festival, Lake Champlain, Chamber Music Northwest, Caramoor, Bargemusic, Bridgehampton, Tucson, Spoleto USA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the 92nd Street Y, Maui, Taos, Norfolk, Chautauqua, Brooklyn Chamber Music Society, Pablo Casals and Four Seasons. Internationally, Ms. Park has been featured at the inaugural festival of The IBK Chamber Hall at Seoul Arts Center, Seoul Spring Festival, Great Mountains Music Festival in Korea, Emilia-Romagna Festival in Italy, Music Alp in Courchevel, France, and Kusatsu Music Festival in Japan.

Her acclaimed recording of Beethoven’s complete works for cello and piano with cellist Edward Arron was released on Aeolian Classics and received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award from the Classical Recording Foundation.

Ms. Park has presented master classes at Amherst College, Williams College, Swarthmore College, University of Washington, University of South Carolina Columbia, and other institutions. A recipient of Korea’s most prestigious national music prizes, she moved to the United States in 2002 and holds degrees from Yonsei University, The Juilliard School, Yale University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University. Ms. Park performs on Steinway pianos provided courtesy of Steinway & Sons, New York.

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