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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.
Calendar
Lucy Moses School Faculty In Concert
Merkin Hall
Wednesday February 12th, 2025,7PM
Chamber Recital
InterChurch Concert Series
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, Noon
Lucy Moses School Faculty In Concert
Merkin Hall
Thursday February 15th, 2024,7PM
With Jason Bitonti and Connor Holland, trumpets
Chamber Recital
Frank Violin Sonata with violinist Jee Sun Lee
InterChurch Concert Series
Wednesday, March 6, 2024, Noon
Chamber Recital
Vaughan Williams Piano Quintet
InterChurch Concert Series
Wednesday, March 27, 2024, Noon
Solo Recital
Island Arts Music Festival
Friday, August 23,2024, 7pm
Island Arts Center, VT
Chamber Recital
Piano Quintet
House Concert, NYC
Sunday, June 19, 2024, 3pm
Duo Recital
with Organist Eun Hee Park
InterChurch Concert Series
Wednesday, November 6, 2024, Noon
Solo Recital
Music on Wednesdays: Interchurch Concert Series
Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 at Noon (EST)
In-person concert & YouTube broadcast
Chamber Recital
Music on Wednesdays: Interchurch Concert Series
Wednesday, April 12th, 2023 at Noon (EST)
In-person concert & YouTube broadcast
Duo Recital
with Sun young Chang, soprano
Music on Wednesdays: Interchurch Concert Series
Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 at Noon (EST)
In-person concert & YouTube broadcast
Solo Recital
Island Arts Music Festival
Friday, August 25,2023, 7pm
Island Arts Center, VT
Solo Recital
Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Series
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 4pm (EST)
Solo Recital
Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Series
Sunday, October 30th, 2022 at 4pm (EST)
Youtube Broadcast
http://muphiepsilondallas.org/Concert%20Series/Concert_Performance.html
Solo recital
Saturday, July 16, 2022, 1:30PM
Shelburne United Methodist Church
(30 Church St, Shelburne, VT)
Program: Mozart, Schumann, Chopin and Debussy
Solo recital
Friday, July 15, 2022, 7 PM
Island Arts Center (1127 US Rt 2, North Hero, VT 05474)
Program: Mozart and Debussy
Adjudication
The New York Laureate International Music Competition
March 30th ~ 31st, 2022
Duo Recital
Music on Wednesdays: Interchurch Concert Series
with Sun Young Chang (soprano)
Wednesday, March 30th, 2022 at Noon (EST)
In-person concert & youtube broadcast
interchurch-center.org/concert-series/
Adjudication
The Westchester Musicians Guild Young Artist Auditions
Sunday, January 23rd, 2022
Solo Concert
BONJ Spring Festival Concert
by the Baroque Orchestra of New Jerseys
Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at 7:30pm ( EST)
Duo Recital
with Bassoonist Harrison Hollingsworth
Quarantine Connection Concert Series
Invited by Allegro Music Consultants
January 2021
Youtube Broadcast, subscribers only
Filmed at High Line Nine, New York City
Solo Recital
MU PHI EPSILON CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, April 11th 2021 at 3pm
Youtube Broadcast
http://www.muphiepsilondallas.org
Solo Recital
Women at the Keyboard Concert Series
Invited by Allegro Music Consultants
April 2021
Youtube Broadcast, subscribers only
Solo Recital
MU PHI EPSILON CONCERT SERIES
Sunday, October 10th, 2021 at 4pm (EST)
Youtube Broadcast
http://www.muphiepsilondallas.org
Solo Recital
Music on Wednesdays: Interchurch Concert Series
Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 at Noon (EST)
In-person concert & youtube broadcast
Chamber Recital
with Robert May (Tenor), Deborah Song (Violin) & Michael Katz (Cello)
Thursday, October 14th, 2021 at 8pm (EST)
Invitations only
Lives of the Piano: The Piano and Preludes & Fugues
Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 7:30pm (EST)
Solo Recital
The MACA Holiday Festival
Saturday, November 27th, 2021 at 4:30pm (EST)
Open to Public
Live Concert at The High Line
Thursday, October 29th, 6pm
High Line Nine Gallery, New York City
Geneva Conservatory of Music Faculty Concert
Saturday, January 25th, 5pm
The First Baptist Church of New York City
Solo Recital
Saturday, February 15th, 2pm
St.John’s in the Village, New York City
Trio Roi (Canceled)
Saturday, March 21st, 2pm
St.John’s in the Village, New York City
Solo Recital (Canceled)
Bernard Township Library Concert Series
Monday, April 20th , 1pm
Westminster Hall, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, NJ
Duo Recital (Canceled)
With Sun Young Chang, soprano
Saturday, May 16th, 8pm
St.John’s in the Village, New York City
Duo Recital (Canceled)
With Sun Young Chang, soprano
Sunday, May 17th, 3pm
Roeliff Jansen Library Series, Hillsdale, NY
Solo Recital (canceled)
Sunday, October 11th, 7pm
Roelich Museum Concert Series,
Roelich Museum, New York City
Trio Roi (canceled)
Sunday, November 8th, 7pm
Roelich Museum Concert Series,
Roelich Museum, New York City
Solo Recital
St. John’s in the Village, NYC
Friday, February 22nd, 8pm
Duo Recital with Violinist Jee Sun Lee
Bernard Township Library Concert Series
Monday, March 18th, 1pm
Westminster Hall, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, NJ
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&nYear=2019
Duo Recitalwith Violinist Jee Sun Lee
Private Concert,
Monday, April 22nd, 5pm
TBA, NJ
Duo Recitalwith Violinist Jee Sun Lee
Interchurch Noon Concert Series
Wednesday, April 10th, 12pm
Interchurch Center, NYC
https://interchurch-center.org/concert-series/
The Complete Mozart Piano Sonata Concert Series I
Solo Recital
Friday, May 24th, 7:30pm
St. John’s in the Village, NYC
The Complete Mozart Piano Sonata Concert Series II
Solo Recital
Saturday, June 15th, 7:30pm
St. John’s in the Village, NYC
Clarinet- Violin-Piano Trio Recital
with HyunJu Kang, Clarinet and Jee Sun Lee, violin
Friday, September 6th, 7:30pm
Chamber on Main Series
NV Hall, Englewood Cliff, NJ
Clarinet- Violin-Piano Trio Recital
with HyunJu Kang, Clarinet and Jee Sun Lee, violin
Sunday, November 3rd, 3pm
Sep. 29th Saturday 3pm
Solo Recital
Private Concert,
Fellowship Village, Basking Ridge, NJ
Program: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
Oct.1st 2018 Monday 1pm
Solo Recital
Bernard Township Library Series, Basking Ridge, NJ
Westminster Hall, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
https://www.bernardslibrary.org
Program: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
Oct 3rd 2018 Wednesday 12pm
Solo Recital
InterChurch Concert Series,
InterChurch, New York City
http://interchurch-center.org/concert-series/
Program: Schubert
Oct. 4th 2018 Thursday 7pm
Solo Recital
Geneva Conservatory Concert Series
First Baptist Church, New York City
Program: Mozart and more
Oct.7th 2018 Sunday 3pm
Solo Recital
Mu Phi Epsilon Concert Series
J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, Dallas, TX
Program: Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
Mar. 18th 2019 Monday 1pm
Duo Recital with Violinist Jee Sun Lee
Bernard Township Library Series, Basking Ridge, NJ
Westminster Hall, Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church
https://www.bernardslibrary.org
Program: Beethoven, Brahms and Piazzolla
April 10th 2018 Wednesday 12pm
Duo Recital with Violinist Jee Sun Lee
http://interchurch-center.org/concert-series
Program: Beethoven, Brahms and Piazzolla
Saturday, March 11th at 6pm
at First Baptist Church, NYC
with Violinist Julie Lawrence
Sunday, April 9th at 2pm
at James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
with Violinist Julie Lawrence
Tuesday, April 18th at 7pm
at Rutgers University, NJ
with Violinist Julie Lawrence
Saturday, April 29th at 5pm
at The Church of the Good Shepherd, Bergenfield
with the Kaliope Music Society
Monday, May 8th at 1pm
at Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church, New Jersey
Solo Recital
Sunday, September 10th at 5pm
Roeliff Jansen Library Series, Hillsdale, New York
Friday, September 15th at 7:30pm
UOS Art Hall, University of Seoul, Korea
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Sunday, October 1st at 2pm
Duo Recital with Violinist Julie Lawrence
Fortlee Library Series, New Jersey
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Monday, October.2nd at 1pm
Bernard Township Library Series, New Jersey
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Sunday, October.8th at 7:30pm
Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City
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Wednesday, November. 8th at 12 pm
Interchurch Concert Series, New York City
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Wednesday, December 27th at 12:15pm
Piano Solo Recital
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts
Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center
November 19. 2016. 7:30pm
Kaliope Concert
Grace Church, Tenafly, New Jersey
November 9. 2016. 12pm
Piano Recital
Interchurch Concert Series, New York City
November 7.2016. 1pm
Trio Avenue
Bernard Township Library Series, New Jersey
October 8.2016.2pm
Piano Recital
An Die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
June.11.2016.7:30pm
Kaliope Concert
The Church of the Master United Methodist Church, New Jersey
May.28.2016 5pm
Trio Avenue
Roeliff Jansen Library Series, New York
May.28.2016 5pm, May.27.2016 8pm
Trio Avenue
Lang Hall, Hunter College, New York City
May.9.2016 2pm
Trio Avenue
Fortlee Library Series, New Jersey
January.30, 2016 5pm
Geneva Concervatory Faculty Concert
The First Baptist Church, New York City
November.9.2015.1pm
Piano Recital
Bernard Township Library Series, New Jersey
October.8.2015.12pm
Piano Recital
Interchurch Concert Series, New York City
September.16.2015.12pm
Duo Recital
with violinist Julie Castor
Interchurch Concert Series, New York City
August.15.2015.5pm
Chamber Recital
with violinist Julie Castor, Soprano Sun young Chang
James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary, New York City
June.10.2015.6pm
Piano Recital
Arbor Glen Concert Series, New Jersey
June.2.2015.6pm
Piano Recital
Beethoven Piano Hall, New York City
May.31.2016 5pm
Piano Recital
Roeliff Jansen Library Series, New York
May 17.2016.2pm
Piano Recital
An Die Musik, Baltimore, Maryland
May.11.2015.1pm
Piano Recital
Bernard Township Library Series, New Jersey
May.10.2015.2pm
Piano Recital
Fortlee Library Series, New Jersey
April 25.2016.7:30pm
Kaliope Concert
Grace Church, New Jersey
January 31.2015.7:30pm
Geneva Faculty Concert
The First Baptist Church, New York City
January 11.2015.7:30pm
Sohyun plays Chopin (Chopin e minor Concerto)
With the Baroque Orchestra of New JerseyGrace Church, New Jersey
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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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