Cultural Arts Series Educational Opportunities Educational Resources Library Exhibits Oklahoma Film Institute Visiting Scholars Young Artists SeriesJi-Yong
A truly extraordinary artist, pianist Ji-Yong has both an awe-inspiring technique and a musical depth well beyond his 17 years. Following his 2006 debut at Chicago's Orchestra Hall, the Chicago Tribune raved, calling Ji-Yong "a thorough musician [with] a sound and style that seemed astonishingly mature . . . a gifted, sensitive young pianist who is clearly going places."
At the age of five and prior to any formal training in his native Korea, Ji-Yong was found playing melodies by ear on the family piano that he had heard his mother use while teaching voice lessons. Shortly thereafter, he enrolled in the preparatory division of the Korean National University of Arts and soon won first prize in both the Chopin and Eum-Yeon competitions. He and his family moved to the United States in 2000, at which time he began studies in New York with Yuri Kim at the Music Preparatory Division of Mannes College.
In 2001 at the age of ten, Ji-Yong became the youngest pianist ever to win the New York Philharmonic Young Artists Competition. He subsequently made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Kurt Masur. In 2005, Ji-Yong won the Piano Competition at the Aspen Music Festival and performed with Peter Oundjian and the Aspen Concert Orchestra in the Benedict Music Tent. Other prizes include second prize at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra's 26th Young Artist's Audition (2001), first prize at the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra's Concerto Competition (2001), and first prize at the Longwood Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition in Boston (2000). In 2001, Korea Central Daily News awarded him a prize as one of "Korea's World Leaders of Tomorrow."
He has additionally performed at venues including the New Jersey Performing Arts Center with the New Jersey Symphony and in recital at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Kumho Art Hall, LG Arts Center in Seoul, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall, and the Sheremetev Palace in Russia.
He is currently a student of Yoheved Kaplinsky at the Juilliard School's Pre-college division and recently completed the tenth grade at Ramapo High School in New Jersey.
Web Page: http://www.ji-yong.com/
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