Yoon Chung

British pianist Yoon Chung has performed throughout Europe, Japan, Korea and the United States. In the UK, he has appeared in prestigious venues such as the Wigmore Hall, the South Bank Centre, Kings Place, St. John’s, Smith Square, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Bridgewater Hall, St. James’s, Piccadilly, and Waterfront Hall. His performances have been broadcast in the UK, France, the United States, Japan and Korea, most recently in a sold-out televised concert of Beethoven’s Emperor Concerto, on KBS TV (Korea).

Born in Seoul, Korea, Yoon began learning the piano at the age of three and gave his first public performance when he was six years old. Yoon spent his formative years in London as a scholar at the Purcell School of Music, studying with the late Mme Maria Curcio and Mark Swartzentruber, and has earned degrees from the University of Bristol and the Royal Northern College of Music, where he garnered numerous prizes including the Clifton Helliwell Prize for the highest distinction in Postgraduate Diploma and Professional Performance Diploma (PPRNCM). His studies were supported by the Pacific Rim Scholarship, the Royal Schools of Music Postgraduate Scholarship, the Else and Leonard Cross Memorial Scholarship and the Musicians Benevolent Fund.

Further studies followed as a Joel Estes Tate Scholar and Meadows Artistic Scholar at the invitation of Professor Joaquín Achúcarro at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, USA. During this time in the United States, Yoon was awarded the Von Mickwitz Prize and was subsequently featured in the Meadows Rising Stars Series. He made an appearance at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in a televised concert, and performed at the Steinway Hall, Meadows Museum and the Dallas Museum of Art.

A versatile musician with an avid interest in chamber music, Yoon is a founder member of Trio Andante and served as a vocal coach and collaborative pianist at the University of Texas (UTA) and Southern Methodist University as well as the Amalfi Coast Opera Festival in Italy. He was also invited to the Villecroze Academie, IMS Prussia Cove, the Van Cliburn Institute and has worked in masterclasses with Ferenc Rados, Stephen Kovacevich, Stephen Hough, Renna Kellaway, Arnaldo Cohen, Jean- François Heisser, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott, Dina Joffe, and the late György Sebők. Before returning to London, Yoon spent a year in Budapest under the guidance of Ferenc Rados. Yoon was signed to Quartz in May 2015 and this Schubert recording is his debut release. Yoon is represented by Ellison & Strømsholm International Artists’ Management in London for the UK, Greece, Scandinavia and the Middle East since April 2014.