Yeeun Kim

SOUTH KOREA
January 16, 1992

Yeeun Kim was born in Korea and started playing the piano at the age of 4. She continued her artistic career at Seoul Arts High School with Professor Ji-Hyun Cho. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in piano performance at Seoul National University with Professor Jong Hwa Park. She enrolled in the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for a Master’s degree with Gerrit Zitterbart and Igor Tchetuev, and graduated from the same institution pursuing a Soloklasse (Konzertexamen) in 2023. She has won numerous competitions, including the Don Vincenzo Vitti International Music Competition and the Ibiza International Piano Competition. She has also performed piano concertos with the Orchester Göttinger Musikfreunde e.V. and the Gunsan Philharmonic Orchestra. Yeeun Kim’s solo performance experience includes several solo recitals in Hannover, Göttingen, Magdeburg in Germany, Ibiza in Spain and Seoul in Korea. She is also interested in chamber music and has performed in various ensembles including piano trio, quartet and duo.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major BWV 870, WTC II
Joseph Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat major Hob. XVI/52
Franz Liszt Paganini Étude in E flat major S. 141 No. 2
Claude Debussy Étude L. 136 No. 7, Pour les degrés chromatiques

Second round
Diana Rotaru Bulz for Piano
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major Op. 109
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Op. 14

Semifinal
George Enescu Piano Suite No. 2 in D major Op. 10, Des cloches sonores
Robert Schumann Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor Op. 11

Final
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23

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