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native of Korea, pianist Youn-Hee Bang attended
Yewon School of Fine Arts, the most prestigious
school for talented young musicians in Korea.
Graduating with a full scholarship with the highest
honor from Sungshin Women's University in Seoul,
Korea, she came to the United States and furthered
her studies at California State University,
Fullerton to study with Eduardo Delgado and received
her Master's degree. Bang continued her studies at
Manhattan School of Music where she received a
Manhattan School of Music Scholarship as a student
of Phillip Kawin. In addition, She also studied with
Alfons Kontarsky at the International Summer Academy
Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Currently, Bang is
pursuing her Doctoral degree at the State University
of New York at Stony Brook, which offered her a
full-tuition scholarship to pursue her D.M.A.
Being the first to receive the Alicia de Larrocha
Scholarship from California State University,
Fullerton, the legendary pianist Mm. Alicia de
Larrocha highly praised for Bang's impressive
combination of virtuosic technique and colorful
musicality, and wrote to Bang, "Youn-Hee, you will
be a great artist." Bang's many awards include high
honors from the Missouri Southern, and Virginia
Waring International Piano Competition and, the
first prize and the best performance award of Los
Angeles International Liszt Competition,
International Peninsula Young Artist Music Festival
Competition, Carmel Piano Competition and the CPMTA
(California Professional Music Teachers Association)
Sonata Competition. Bang was also the two-time Grand
Prize winner of 2000 and 2002 Music Associates
Performance Award Competition in Southern
California.
Bang has been featured as soloist with several
orchestras including the International Chamber
Ensemble of Rome, Incheon Symphony, Royal Chamber
Ensemble, Sungshin Women's University Orchestra in
Korea, as well as the California State University
Orchestra. Her solo and chamber appearances have
presented her at such venues as the Seoul Arts
Center, Sejong Arts center in Seoul, Korea, the
Recital Hall of Mozarteum Music Academy in Salzburg,
Austria, City Hall in Andorra, Spain, McCallum
Theatre in Palm Spring, CA, Steinway Hall, Yamaha
Hall, and the Staller Center in New York.
Among her Korean teachers are Young-Joo Hong, Gahng-Soon
Lee, and Bo-Mee Ihm, and she has played in the
masterclasses not only in Korea but also in the
United States, and been coached by Alicia de
Larrocha, Norma Fisher, Igor Kipnis, Louis Lortie,
Seimour Berstein, and Oxana Yablonskaya among
others.
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