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Korean American pianist
Soohyung Yoo has performed
for audiences throughout the U.S., Canada,
and Europe, at prestigious venues including
Carnegie Hall in New York, Academy of Music
in Philadelphia, and Salle Cortot in Paris.
She has been a prizewinner of several
international competitions, including the
Bradshaw & Buono International Piano
Competition, International Young Artists
Piano Competition, Pinault International
Competition, and Artist International
Presentations, which resulted to a
successful debut recital at Weill Hall in
Carnegie Hall in 2009.
Soohyung began her piano studies in Korea at the age
of 7, and continued her studies in the United States
with Hugh Sung and Eleanor Sokoloff until her
entrance to the prestigious Eastman School of Music.
She received her Bachelors and Masters degrees at
Eastman in Piano Performance under the guidance of
Professor Thomas Schumacher, as a recipient of the
Howard Hanson Scholarship, Etta Miller Award, and a
Graduate Assistant in Accompanying. Upon graduation,
she spent one year abroad in Brussels and Paris in
the International Certificate for Piano Artists
program held by the Ecole Normal de Musique de
Alfred Cortot and Fondation Belle 'Arte with
artistic director Nelson Delle Vigne and president
Phllipe Entremont. She has also coached or have
performed in masterclass with renown pianists such
as Alicia DeLarrocha, Lazar Berman, Gary Graffman,
Jerome Lowenthal, and Francois Duchable.
Soohyung completed her Doctorate of Musical Arts
degree at the University of Maryland with Professor
Larissa Dedova in December of 2009, with her
dissertation topic "Use of Variation and Fugue in
Piano Music Following the Classical Period".
Teaching
Soohyung is committed to music education. An avid
teacher, Soohyung has more than 10 years of
experience in teaching piano. She has been on the
piano faculty at Frederick College, International
School of Music, and the University of Maryland. She
enjoys watching her students grow as musicians and
tries to plant in each of them a love for music that
will stay with them throughout their lives. Her
teaching stresses proper development in technique,
music reading and interpretation, which are crucial
in furthering one's development.
Soohyung is a member of Music Teachers Association
of California. Interested and eligible students may
prepare for exams, and have the opportunity to take
part in recitals throughout the year.
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