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SooJin Ahn
Piano
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| Type: | Piano |
| Genre: | Chamber, Concerti, Orchestral | | Location: | New York, New York
United States |
| | Website: | soojinahnpianist.com | |
General | | Biography: | Korean born pianist SooJin Ahn is a President’s Award, a merit scholarship student pursuing an
undergraduate degree at Manhattan School of Music. SooJin began studying piano at the age of two.
She won first prize at Seoul Young People’s Music Festival at age five as the youngest performer. She
was accepted into Sun Hwa Arts School in Seoul with an outstanding level of performance.
SooJin was accepted into Seoul Art High School, the most renowned music school in South Korea, and
at the age of sixteen came to study abroad in the United States at Walnut Hill School and New England
Conservatory Preparatory School in Massachusetts. Her past teachers include Jonathan Bass, Ernest
Barretta, Suk Kim, Young Mee Yoon, and Kyu Young Lee. She currently studies with James Tocco and
Seymour Lipkin. She has performed in masterclasses for artists like Benjamin Zander, Yong Hi Moon,
and Wolfgang Watzinger.
As the first prize winner of the Annual Sun Hwa Concerto Competition, she soloed with Sun Hwa
Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen, playing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21. Her recent solo
recital at Walnut Hill School in Spring 2008 featured pieces by Chopin, Rachmaninov, Debussy,
Prokofiev, and Messiaen.
SooJin has received 1st prize at the American Protege International Piano and String Competition, honors at New England Conservatory Preparatory School, 3rd prize at Korean-
American 5th Annual Nation Competition, 2nd prize at Music Education Press Competition, 1st prize at
Anyang University Music Competition, and 2nd prize at Korean-Germany Brahms Association Piano
Competition.
| | Teachers: | Seymour Lipkin, James Tocco, Jonathan Bass |
Concerts| Performance | Organizer | Venue | Location | Year | | Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Messaen, Debussy | the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine | St. James' Chapel at the Cathedral Church of St. | New York, New York, United States | 2009 |
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