Yekwon Sunwoo

Yekwon Sunwoo

Sunday, February 23, 2014

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Winner of the 2013 Sendai International Music Competition in Japan and one of 30 competitors in the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yekwon Sunwoo has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Orchestre National de Belgique under the baton of Marin Alsop. He won first prize in the 2012 William Kapell International Piano Competition and the 2012 Piano Campus International Concours, a laureate in the 2010 Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels, and first prize in the 2009 Concours International de Piano “Interlaken Classics.” He made his New York City debut at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall, in 2009 as winner of the Florida International Piano Competition. Born in AnYang, Korea, Yekwon has studied with Min-ja Shin and Sun-wha Kim in Korea, and with Seymour Lipkin at the Curtis Institute of Music. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree at The Juilliard School, studying with Robert McDonald.