Son Yeol-Eum

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This is a Korean name; the family name is Son.

Son, Yeol-eum, is a South Korean classical pianist. She is recognized as the promising young musician from South Korea.

[edit] Childhood

Son was born in 1986 in Wonju, South Korea. Son took her first piano lesson at the age of three. At age of twelve, she started studying with pianist Kim Dae-jin. At age sixteen, she entered the Korean National University of Arts to continue her piano studies. At the age of 18, she recorded the complete Chopin Etudes (Op 10 and Op 25) for a "Universal Music" CD. She has performed in New York, Tokyo and Philharmonic Orchestras in Korea, Japan and many other places.

[edit] Awards

  • 1997: 2nd Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians
  • 1999: 1st Prize, Oberlin International Piano Competition
  • 2001: 1st Prize, The 7th Ettlingen Piano Competition
  • 2002: 1st Prize, 53rd Viotti International Music Competition
  • 2005: 3rd Prize, Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition
  • 2005: Finalist, 15th International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition

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