Eun Joo Chung

Described by Maestro Gerard Schwartz as "a most remarkable artist," Eun Joo Chung's gripping interpretations of the piano literature, beautiful sound and superb musicianship have led her to major venues around the world. She has performed in the most prestigious concert halls; in past seasons she has given recitals at the Philharmonie in Berlin, the Musikverein in Vienna, Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall. Most recently, Ms. Chung was invited to play at the 48th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki, Poland, as well as in Switzerland, at the renowned St. Moritz Piano Festival. She was presented in a series of solo and chamber music recitals in Florence, Italy, and Toulouse, France under the auspices of the La Gesse Foundation, who then sponsored her Carnegie Hall debut in 2004. She opened this season in Seattle, giving the premier recital for the Virtuoso Piano Series at Town Hall.

Ms. Chung's performances have been heard throughout Europe, Asia and North America, through live broadcasts on television and radio, most notably on ORF Austria, RTHK Hong Kong, King FM in Seattle, WCLV Cleveland, WKRC Cincinnati and Polish National Radio. The Viennese documentary series "Masters from Tomorrow" featured Ms. Chung both in performance and interviews.

Ms. Chung's repertoire includes a staggering number of piano concerti; she has performed with the Moscow Radio Symphony and several major orchestras of Poland in concert tours of Italy and Poland in performances of Rachmaninov's third piano concerto and van Beethoven's Emperor concerto, respectively. She received accolades in Spain, for stepping in at the last minute for a pianist who could not get a Visa, resulting in concert engagements in Madrid and Barcelona. Other orchestral engagements have also included performances with the Dortmund and Hohenfels Philharmonic in Germany, the Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra, the Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra and the Rzesow Philharmonic Orchestra in Poland, the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra in Italy, Inchon Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea, Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra, the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra, the Bremerton Symphony and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, among others.

Also, innovative and contemporary programming is tremendously important to Ms. Chung. She gave the New York premiere of Alternating Current by American composer Kevin Puts, and her courageous as well as tremendous performance of the Flamenco Fantasy by Frank Martin at the Musikverein in Vienna, garnered her a recording deal with Preiser Records Austria. Equally as important to Ms. Chung is chamber music; she is an avid chamber musician and is much in demand for chamber music recitals. She has worked together with members of the Hong Kong Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, Israel Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Ms. Chung is a native of South Korea where she began her musical studies at the age of four. She studied at Eastman School of Music, Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna, the Moscow Conservatory, and at the Peabody Institute with legendary pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher. She has also worked with Paul Badura-Skoda, David Burge, Sergei Dorensky and Béla Siki. Her career was launched when she captured the first prize of the Viotti International Piano Competition in Italy. Other awards followed, including the first prize in both the Chopin Kosciuszko Competition in New York and the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. Prizes in the Schubert International Piano Competition in Germany and the Maria Callas International Competition in Athens were further acknowledgements of her gifts.