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Biography
With live performances broadcast by WFMT (Chicago’s Classical Radio Station), LCATV( Lake Champlain Access Television), EBS (Korean Educational Broadcast TV Station), pianist Sohyun Ahn was named the Best Performer of the Year by Eumak-Chunchu, South Korea’s leading classical music journal. She has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, at venues including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Hall.
Her performances include appearances with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Baroque Orchestra, Royal Scottish Academy Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Tutti Orchestra and the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also a guest soloist at the concert honoring the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth at the Sejong Art Center in Korea. She has invited to perform at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago, the W. Kempff Beethoven Course in Positano Italy, and the Ferrara International Music Festival Concert Series.
In the States, her performance venues include Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Klavierhaus, Dimenna Center, Beethoven Haus, Bechstein Hall, Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Hunter College, Concordia College, Union Theological Seminary, Trinity Church, Saint Paul’s Chapel, St.John’s in the Village, InterChurch, Central Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, High Line Gallery in New York City. 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, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at Chicago Cultural Center, Allegro Music Consultants Concert Series in Philadelphia, Dallas Mu Phi Epsilon Public Library Concert Series and the Island Arts Center Concert Series in Vermont.
As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with musicians of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and New York City Ballet and more. She was a rehearsal and orchestral pianist for the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Belleayre Festival Opera, New Jersey Concert Opera, Westside Opera and Pineda Lyric Opera and has performed more than twenty operas from W.A.Mozart to R.Wagner.
Sohyun has given world premieres of compositions, including performances of works by notable composers such as Paolo Marchettini and Kyle Werner. She frequently performs the music of our time Teddy Abrams, John Davison, Eric Ewazen, Paquito D’Rivera, Alan Hovhaness, Michael Kosch, Chanhae Lee, David Loeb, John Musto and Juri Pang.
Her recordings Bach Goldberg Variations (Sonoris) and Mozart Sonatas (Classic Art), earned critic’s attention and was reviewed by New York Concert Review as “a perfectly balanced, crystalline performance.” She gave the complete Mozart Piano Sonata Concert Series at St. John’s in the Village, New York City in 2019.
A passionate advocate and educator of music, Sohyun served as a faculty member at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in NYC where she was later appointed a director of the conservatory. She began teaching at the university level in 2003, she has taught at University of Texas at Austin, Concordia College in New York and Rutgers, the New Jersey State University. Her students have won many prestigious competitions such as MTNA, MEANJ, ProPiano International and more. She gave master classes at University of Malaya, University of College Sedaya International, Universiti Punta Malaysia, Glovil Conservatory in Korea and Trinity College Board in Malaysia. Sohyun also has served as an adjudicator for the New York Laureate International Music Competition, Westchester Musicians Guild Young Artists Auditions and Greater Princeton Steinway Society Scholarship Competition.
Sohyun holds the Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University where she wrote her dissertation entitled A Historical and Analytical Study of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV.988 and her Goldberg Variations performance in Carnegie Hall was described as “an absolute master“ by New York Concert Review. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where she received the Professional Studies Degree. She holds Masters of Music in Piano Performance with distinction from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Tokyo Geidai Academy. Her Bachelor of Music was from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) where she received the president award.
Since 2017, she has been dedicated to organizing concerts at the Riverside Rehabilitation Center, New Jewish Home, Upper East Side Rehabilitation Center and the Amsterdam Nursing Home in NYC. She also frequently performed at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Currently Sohyun is a faculty at University of Mount Saint Vincent, the Bard College Conservatory Preparatory Division and the Kaufman Music Center, and a classical music coordinator at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in NYC.
Sohyun is a Steinway Educational Partner and recipient of the Teachers’ Enrichment Grant by Music Teachers National Association.
With live performances broadcast by WFMT (Chicago’s Classical Radio Station), LCATV( Lake Champlain Access Television), EBS (Korean Educational Broadcast TV Station), pianist Sohyun Ahn was named the Best Performer of the Year by Eumak-Chunchu, South Korea’s leading classical music journal. She has performed throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, at venues including Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall and Merkin Hall.
Her performances include appearances with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra, the New Jersey Baroque Orchestra, Royal Scottish Academy Orchestra, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Tutti Orchestra and the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. She was also a guest soloist at the concert honoring the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth at the Sejong Art Center in Korea. She has invited to perform at Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago, the W. Kempff Beethoven Course in Positano Italy, and the Ferrara International Music Festival Concert Series.
In the States, her performance venues include Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, Steinway Hall, Klavierhaus, Dimenna Center, Beethoven Haus, Bechstein Hall, Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, Hunter College, Concordia College, Union Theological Seminary, Trinity Church, Saint Paul’s Chapel, St.John’s in the Village, InterChurch, Central Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church, High Line Gallery in New York City. 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, Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert at Chicago Cultural Center, Allegro Music Consultants Concert Series in Philadelphia, Dallas Mu Phi Epsilon Public Library Concert Series and the Island Arts Center Concert Series in Vermont.
As a collaborative pianist, she has performed with musicians of the New York Philharmonic, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and New York City Ballet and more. She was a rehearsal and orchestral pianist for the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Belleayre Festival Opera, New Jersey Concert Opera, Westside Opera and Pineda Lyric Opera and has performed more than twenty operas from W.A.Mozart to R.Wagner.
Sohyun has given world premieres of compositions, including performances of works by notable composers such as Paolo Marchettini and Kyle Werner. She frequently performs the music of our time Teddy Abrams, John Davison, Eric Ewazen, Paquito D’Rivera, Alan Hovhaness, Michael Kosch, Chanhae Lee, David Loeb, John Musto and Juri Pang.
Her recordings Bach Goldberg Variations (Sonoris) and Mozart Sonatas (Classic Art), earned critic’s attention and was reviewed by New York Concert Review as “a perfectly balanced, crystalline performance.” She gave the complete Mozart Piano Sonata Concert Series at St. John’s in the Village, New York City in 2019.
A passionate advocate and educator of music, Sohyun served as a faculty member at the Geneva Conservatory of Music in NYC where she was later appointed a director of the conservatory. She began teaching at the university level in 2003, she has taught at University of Texas at Austin, Concordia College in New York and Rutgers, the New Jersey State University. Her students have won many prestigious competitions such as MTNA, MEANJ, ProPiano International and more. She gave master classes at University of Malaya, University of College Sedaya International, Universiti Punta Malaysia, Glovil Conservatory in Korea and Trinity College Board in Malaysia. Sohyun also has served as an adjudicator for the New York Laureate International Music Competition, Westchester Musicians Guild Young Artists Auditions and Greater Princeton Steinway Society Scholarship Competition.
Sohyun holds the Doctor of Musical Arts from Rutgers University where she wrote her dissertation entitled A Historical and Analytical Study of J. S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV.988 and her Goldberg Variations performance in Carnegie Hall was described as “an absolute master“ by New York Concert Review. A graduate of the Manhattan School of Music, where she received the Professional Studies Degree. She holds Masters of Music in Piano Performance with distinction from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and Tokyo Geidai Academy. Her Bachelor of Music was from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) where she received the president award.
Since 2017, she has been dedicated to organizing concerts at the Riverside Rehabilitation Center, New Jewish Home, Upper East Side Rehabilitation Center and the Amsterdam Nursing Home in NYC. She also frequently performed at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital. Currently Sohyun is a faculty at University of Mount Saint Vincent, the Bard College Conservatory Preparatory Division and the Kaufman Music Center, and a classical music coordinator at the Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in NYC.
Sohyun is a Steinway Educational Partner and recipient of the Teachers’ Enrichment Grant by Music Teachers National Association.
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Teaching
Currently
Faculty at University of Mount Saint Vincent
Faculty at the Bard College Conservatory Preparatory Division
Faculty at Kaufman Music Center, Lucy Moses School
MTNA member
Steinway Educational Parter
Students success
- MTNA Competition NY State
- NY Youth Symphony Chamber
- American Protégé International Competition
- Camerata International Artist Solo Competition ( solo, chamber )
- Charleston International Competition
- Crescendo International Music Competition
- International Grande Music Competition
- Golden Classical Music Awards
- Manhattan International Music Competition
- New York Young Virtuoso Competition
- New York International Young Musicians Competition
- New York Prodigy International Music Competition
- Primo Volta Music Competition
- ProPiano International Competition
- VIVO competition Winter competition
Adjudication
The New York Laureate International Music Competition
Greater Princeton Steinway Society Scholarship Competition
Westchester Musicians Guild Young Artists Auditions
Grant Recipient
Recipient of the Teachers’ Enrichment Grant by the Music Teachers National Association.
Public Master Classes
University of Malaya
Universiti Putra Malaysia
University College Sedaya International
Trinity College London, Malaysia Branch
Ann Perreu Music School
Allegro Music School
Glovil Conservatory in Korea
Former Faculty at
- Director, Geneva Conservatory of Music, New York City
- Faculty, Concordia Conservatory at Concordia College of New York
- Director, Geneva Conservatory of Music, New York City
- Faculty, Concordia Conservatory at Concordia College of New York
- Faculty, Caedmon School, New York City
- Faculty, Echo Music Festival
- Adjunct, Rutgers University
- Faculty,New Jersey Workshop for the Arts
- Faculty,Paramus Community School
- Faculty, Wharton Music Center
- Faculty, Westerhoff School of Music
- Faculty,The Piano School of NYC
- Teaching Assistant, the University of Texas at Austin
- Instructor, the University of Texas at Austin Preparatory Division
Leadership
Classical Music Coordinator
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, NYC
Community Concert Organizer
St.Jude Children’s Research Hospital
the Riverside Rehabilitation Center,NYC
New Jewish Home,NYC
Upper East Side Rehabilitation Center,NYC
the Amsterdam Nursing Home, NYC
New York Presbyterian Hospital,NYC
Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital,NYC
Pianist
Redeemer Presbyterian Church (downtown), NYC
Organist and Choirmaster
Episcopal Church in Scotch Plains, NJ
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