Su Yeon Kim
South Korea | Age 23
Su Yeon Kim began playing piano at age 5 and studied at the Korean Institute for the Gifted in Arts at Korea National University of Arts. Since 2013, she has continued her studies with Pavel Gililov at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg. Ms. Kim was a semifinalist at the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2015 and at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2016. She also won first prize at the 2014 Johann Nepomuk Hummel International Piano Competition. In 2015, Ms. Kim performed a recital at Hercules Hall in Munich, Germany. She has appeared on KBS Classic FM (the Korean Broadcasting System) and performed extensively in Korea, Japan, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Italy, and Slovakia, including on a concert series sponsored by Kawai Piano.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Recital
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp Minor, op. 19
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”
BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 21 in C Major, op. 53 (“Waldstein”)
KREISLER-RACHMANINOFF Liebesfreud
Quarterfinal Recital
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana, op. 16
LISZT Vallée d’Obermann
Semifinal Recital
BACH-PETRI Schafe können sicher weiden, BWV 208
CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, op. 58
PROKOFIEV Sonata No. 6 in A Minor, op. 82
Semifinal Concerto
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Final Round Piano Quintet
DVOŘÁK Piano Quintet in A Major, op. 81
Final Round Concerto
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, op. 11