South Korean pianist Yoonie Han is praised for her “flowing tones

BIOGRAPHY
South Korean pianist Yoonie Han is praised for her “flowing tones, poetic
phrasing, and heavenly singing melodies” (Cincinnati Enquirer) and “her
musical imagination and feel for complex textures drew vivid images”
(Washington Post). She has won top prizes in distinguished international
competitions and the highest accolades for her poetic performances in major
concert halls in the U.S. and around the world.
In 2009, Ms. Han was honored with the Gawon Music Award as the
“most brilliant pianist aged 17 to 31 of any nationality who possesses the
most promising potential for global prominence.”
She is the first-prize winner of the Washington International Piano
Competition (2011), the Fulbright Concerto Competition (2011), Juilliard’s
Gina Bachauer Piano Competition (2008), the World Piano Competition
(2008), and the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition (2005), and has
garnered major prizes at the Helsinki Maj Lind International Piano
Competition and Milan Concorso Pianistico Ettore Pozzoli Internaziole.
Following her 2001 grand-prize award in the Korea National Music
Competition, the Korean Ministry of Culture named her its “most promising
young artist.”
Ms. Han made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age 13, and
has since performed with the Berlin Symphoniker, Buffalo Philharmonic,
Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Banff Festival Orchestra, and I
Pomeriggi Musicali di Milan, under such maestros as JoAnn Falletta, Leif
Segerstam, Philippe Entremont, and Lior Shambadal. She has performed
at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center,
Berlin Philharmonie Hall, Finlandia Hall, Slovak Philharmonic Hall, the
Bergamo Festival in Italy, Salle Cortot in Paris, Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam, Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, Se-jong
Performing Arts Center in Korea, Villa Bertramka Mozart Museum in the
Czech Republic, and The Frick Collection Museum in New York City. Her
performances have also been broadcast on WQXR-New York and on
National Public Radio’s “Artist Showcases.”
Ms. Han received a Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music
studying with Eleanor Sokoloff, and a Master of Music degree from The
Juilliard School as a pupil of Robert McDonald. She continues studies with
Philippe Entremont and Jean Saulnier, and is completing her Doctorate at
SUNY Stony Brook. Yoonie Han is a Steinway Artist and has toured