Jeewon Park, piano
Praised for her "deeply reflective playing"(Indianapolis Star) and
"infectious exuberance" (New York Times), Korean-born pianist Jeewon
Park has garnered the attention of audiences for her dazzling
technique and poetic lyricism. Since making her debut at the age of
12, performing Chopin's First Concerto with the Korean Symphony
Orchestra, pianist Jeewon Park has performed as a recitalist, soloist,
and chamber musician in prestigious venues worldwide, including
Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, 92nd Street Y,
Metropolitan Museum of Art and Seoul Arts Center. She is a frequent
performer at Bargemusic and Caramoor International Music Festival
where she was named a Rising Star in 2007. A passionate chamber
musician, she has appeared at prominent festivals throughout the
world, including Seattle Chamber Music Society, Lake Champlain,
Chamber Music Northwest, Spoleto USA, Bridgehampton, Bowdoin,
Manchester, Seoul Spring, Great Mountains (Korea), Tucson,
Appalachian Summer, Central Vermont, Taos, Eastern Music Festival,
Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Music Alp in Courchevel (France)
and Kusatsu Summer Music (Japan). The 2022-2023 season
marks her 10th season as the co-artistic copyright Seattle
Chamber Music Society director, along with her husband, Edward Arron,
of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute.
In 2021, Ms.Park's recording of Beethoven's Complete Works
for Cello and Piano with cellist Edward Arron was released on the Aeolian
Classics Record Label. Subsequently, they received the Samuel Sanders
Collaborative Artists Award from the Classical Recording Foundation. She
came to the US in 2002 after winning all major competitions in Korea.
Park is a graduate of Yonsei University, The Juilliard School, Yale
University and SUNY Stony Brook where she earned her DMA.