Her Performance

In the States, her performance venues include Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Klavierhaus, Dimenna Center, Beethoven Haus, Bechstein Hall, Hubbard Recital Hall, Hunter College, Concordia College, Union Theological Seminary, Central Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church in New York City. She has frequently featured at Trinity Wall Street Concert Series, Interchurch Concert Series, Roeliff Jansen Library Series, Nyack Library Series, Fort Lee Library Series and the Bernard Township Library Series. She has also performed at Rutgers University, St. Elizabeth College, All Saints Episcopal Church, Madison Grace Church, Kirkpatrick Church, NV Hall, Nous Theater in New Jersey, An Die Musik in Baltimore, Bates Recital Hall at the University of Texas at Austin. As solo recitalist, orchestral soloist, and chamber musician, she has performed with Royal Scottish Academy Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Baroque Orchestra, the Seoul Tutti Orchestra and the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. Her performances and interviews have been broadcast nationally in South Korea on EBS-TV.

She was also a guest soloist at the concert honoring the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth at the Sejong Art Center.
Her performance credentials are further enhanced through prize winnings in international and national piano competitions, including the RSAMD Bach Competition, the Governor’s Recital Competition, the DaeJeon Philharmonic Concerto Competition, the YongPyong Music Festival Concerto Competition, the NY Trinity Church Concert One Audition, the International Asahi-Breweries Music Foundation Competition, the Yewon Music Competition and the Yukyung Music Competition. She was a finalist for the Dudley International Competition, and received the semi-finalist award from the Vianna da Motta International Competition.

Sohyun also has a vast operatic repertoire. She has performed over twenty complete opera productions from Mozart to Puccini, with New York Westside Opera, New Jersey Concert Opera, Pineda Lyric Opera among others.

Her Studies

Sohyun received her Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Masters degrees with distinction from the Royal Scottish Conservatory and Tokyo Geidai Academy, and a Professional Studies Degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

Her teachers include Daniel Epstein, Marc Silverman, late Danielle Martin, Philip Jenkins, Klaus Schilde, Kakuno Yu and Okhee Lee. She has continued her study in inspiring public masterclasses with great musicians such as Richard Good, Menahem Pressler, Klaus Hellwig, John OConor, Dmitri Alexeev, Maritino Tirimo, Anton Nel and Erika Kilche. Sohyun lives in New York City.

Sohyun received her Doctoral of Musical Arts Degree from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Masters degrees with distinction from the Royal Scottish Conservatory and Tokyo Geidai Academy, and a Professional Studies Degree from the Manhattan School of Music.

Her teachers include Daniel Epstein, Marc Silverman, late Danielle Martin, Philip Jenkins, Klaus Schilde, Kakuno Yu and Okhee Lee. She has continued her study in inspiring public masterclasses with great musicians such as Richard Good, Menahem Pressler, Klaus Hellwig, John OConor, Dmitri Alexeev, Maritino Tirimo, Anton Nel and Erika Kilche. Sohyun lives in New York City.