Sun-A Park
United States | Age 29
Sun-A Park was born in Busan, South Korea, and grew up in New Jersey. She began piano at age 4 and studied at The Juilliard School, where she completed undergraduate and graduate programs. She currently studies with Boris Berman at the Yale School of Music. Ms. Park has won prizes at several competitions including the 2013 Sendai International Music Competition, 2011 Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition, and the 2000 Gina Bachauer Junior International Piano Competition. Concerto engagements have included performances with the Houston Symphony Orchestra, San Marino Republic Orchestra, Orchestra Haydn, New Jersey Symphony, and Albany Symphony. She has performed at Alice Tully Hall and Benaroya Hall in the United States, National Dublin Hall in Ireland, Sejong Arts Center in South Korea, the Miguel Delibes Cultural Center in Spain, and the Sendai Cultural Center in Japan. Ms. Park loves animals (especially dogs) and relishes traveling and visiting art galleries and museums.
COMPETITION REPERTOIRE
Preliminary Recital
BACH Capriccio in B-flat Major, BWV 992 (“On the departure of a beloved brother”)
HAMELIN Toccata on “L’homme armé”
SCHUMANN Humoreske in B-flat Major, op. 20
Quarterfinal Recital
MOZART Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280
CHOPIN Nocturne in B Major, op. 62, no. 1
CHOPIN Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, op. 54
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 5, op. 53
Semifinal Recital
CORIGLIANO Etude Fantasy
COUPERIN “L’exquise” from Vingt-septième ordre
DEBUSSY Images, Book I
BRAHMS Sonata No. 1 in C Major, op. 1
Semifinal Concerto
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat Major, K. 271
Final Round Piano Quintet
SCHUMANN Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Final Round Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23