Dr. Bo-Kyung Hwang
Piano
Born in Seoul, South Korean pianist Bo-Kyung Hwang has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician.
She received her Bachelor's in Piano Performance from Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University under renowned pianist and professor, Yong Hi Moon. She received her Masters in Piano Performance from Northwestern University. Attending Northwestern University on a full-tuition scholarship, she studied under the guidance of Steinway artist Professor Alan Chow. Recently, she has obtained her Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at Shenandoah Conservatory on a full-tuition scholarship under under Leva Jokubaviciute and Alexander Bernstein.
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Bo-Kyung has won numerous awards including the first prize at the 32nd International Young Artist Piano Competition and premiered Kaleidoscope by Taiwanese composer, Li-Ly Chang in Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. She is a recent semi-finalist of Boulder International Chamber Music Competition with Cellist Sung Chan Chang (the Associate Principal cello of the Hawaii Symphony), and has won the finalist of Ensemble Connect in 2020 – a program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and the Weill Music Institute in partnership with the New York City Department of Education. Bo-Kyung is also a prize recipient of the Pauline Falvin Memorial Award in Solo Piano and the Clara Ascherfeld Award in Accompanying and from Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She also received a full-tuition Collaborative fellowship from Bowdoin Festival.
Her Story
Praised as musician of “Clarity, sincerity, and sparkling tone in her music” by the World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Arizona, South Korean pianist Bo Kyung Hwang has performed internationally as a soloist and chamber musician. Bo Kyung made her professional concerto debut at the age of twelve, performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.1 with the Seoul Royal Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed with the Interlochen Arts Academy Orchestra in Michigan and was selected to perform Beethoven Sonata, Op. 110 to great acclaim at the 2009 World Piano Pedagogy Conference in Arizona on a program of outstanding students from Korea. Performances throughout England, France, Italy, Austria, and the United States have taken Bo-
Kyung to many of the world’s most prestigious concert venues in cities such as Paris, Naples, Amalfi Coast, Milan, Salzburg, London, Wisconsin, Chicago, New York, Arizona, Michigan, Delaware, Washington D.C, Maryland, Virginia, Main, and Florida.
Dr. Bo Kyung actively engages in both as a soloist and as a chamber musician across the regions of Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia, as well as internationally. Her dedication is fervently directed towards the exploration and advocacy of contemporary classical music, a commitment she upholds through meticulous research and collaboration with esteemed composers of the modern era. She has made substantial contributions to the realm of new music through premiering, performing, and recording new compositions for the public. Her musical leadership extends across a varied spectrum of responsibilities, enveloping roles such as an adjudicator in local competitions and festivals. Moreover, she holds the esteemed position of Founder and Artistic Director of the House of YoungArts – a non-profit organization with a scholarship program for young artists in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia.
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Bo-Kyung is Currently only Accepting New Students on Thursdays.
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