Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

January 29, 2025, 12:15 pm

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Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano
Ji-Hyang Gwak, piano

Pianist Ji-Hyang Gwak performs works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Agi Jambor and Maurice Ravel, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.

A prizewinner of numerous competitions, pianist Ji-Hyang Gwak has garnered international praise for her versatility, energy, and technical mastery. As a performing solo artist, chamber musician, and pedagogue, she made appearances across the United States, in Czech, England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and Korea.

​Dr. Gwak is the top prize winner of the Sicily International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition, Franz Liszt International Piano Competition – Ohio, High Point University Piano Competition, and the Michigan MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition. She also won awards in the Lyon International Music Competition in France, the 39th Joongang Music Concours, the Korea-Germany Brahms Associations Concours, and was a semi-finalist at the Concours Musical International de Montréal, Seoul International Piano Competition, the Olga Kern International Piano Competition, and the Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition. Dr. Gwak is the recipient of The MFMC Rosamond P. Haeberle Memorial Piano Award and the Doreen Wessel Taylor Piano Award. She was selected to participate in summer festivals, including the CCM Prague Festival in Czech, the Sicily Piano Festival in Italy, University of Florida International Piano Festival in Gainesville, and PianoTexas in Fort Worth.

Playlist

Johann Sebastian Bach: Ferruccio Busoni – Chaconne in D Minor, BWV 1004

Agi Jambor: Piano Sonata “To the Victims of Auschwitz”

Maurice Ravel: La Valse