Sunday, March 25, 2012
Soojin Ahn is the recipient of numerous awards and prizes from international competitions, most notably the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the audience prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Subsequently, she has been the guest soloist with The Boston Pops, Colorado Springs, Jupiter (NYC), Kalamazoo and Omaha symphony orchestras and the Chicago and New England chamber orchestras.
In 2001, she was invited by David Robertson to perform Messiaen’s Turangalila Symphony with the Chicago Civic Orchestra. Her recitals have been heard in Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Alice Tully Hall, Boston’s Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall and in Philadelphia, presented by The Philadelphia Orchestra. She stunned the music community when, for her debut at Korea’s Sejong Cultural Center, she performed the twenty-four Études of Chopin at the age of 15.
Soojin Ahn began playing the piano at the age of three in her native Korea. At nine, she moved to the United States to continue her musical studies. Over the years, her principal teachers included Menahem Pressler, Russell Sherman and Yoheved Kaplinsky. Ms. Ahn holds B.M and M.M. degrees from the New England Conservatory, as well as the Advanced Certificate from The Juilliard School.
Excerpted from: parkerartists.com
