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20. June 2026

Bolzano Memories

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13. June 2026

Vienna Beethoven & Bösendorfer

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_single_image image="28226" img_size="300x200" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Last May I returned to Vienna as a jury member of the Beethoven International Piano Competition. This competition has 50 years of heritage, taking place in the very city where...

30. June 2025

New Voice in LA & Isang Yun in TongYeong

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]New Voice from Korea    On June 3rd, as part of the Seoul Festival and the LA Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella Series, I had the opportunity to perform the West Coast premiere of  Concertino (2015) for piano and chamber ensemble by...

30. March 2025

Beethoven Complete Release

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22. January 2025

2024 Reflections

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="22665" img_size="medium" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Sarah Achenbach interviewed me while ago and released a beautiful article “Awakening the senses“ on Peabody magazine Spring 2024. –> full article.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] While immersed in an intensive teaching schedule at Peabody,...

7. January 2024

Farewell & Goldberg 2023

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/6"][/vc_column][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_single_image image="25559" img_size="full" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] I chose to give my farewell concert at Seoul National University under the title “Ligeti’s Studio,” in honor of György Ligeti’s 100th anniversary. The program featured works by Unsuk...

10. May 2023

Peabody News & more

[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="26476" img_size="large" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] May-5-2023 A happy return: three-day residency at HongKong Academy for Performing Arts. [/vc_column_text][vc_separator type="normal" border_style=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="26477" img_size="large" qode_css_animation=""][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Mar-26-2023 Serving as the president...