Yeol Eum Son

Yeol Eum Son (born May 2, 1986, in Wonju, South Korea) is a South Korean classical pianist. She first drew international attention in October 2004 at age 18 when she appeared as a soloist performing Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Lorin Maazel on their Asia tour in Seoul, Daejeon, and Tokyo. Son again performed with Maazel and the New York Philharmonic when they returned to the Seoul Arts Center in February 2008, this time as soloist for Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2.[1]

The native form of this personal name is Son Yeol Eum. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Korean name, the family name is Son.
Yeol Eum Son
손열음
Born (1986-05-02) May 2, 1986
Wonju, South Korea
Occupation(s)Classical pianist
InstrumentsPiano
LabelsDecca Classics, Onyx Classics, Harmonia Mundi, Naïve Records
Websiteyeoleumson.com

Her awards include Silver Medals at both the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition (2009) and 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, where she also received the Best Chamber Concerto Performance and the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work prizes. She also won the Bronze Medal at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition (2005) [2]

Childhood

Son took her first piano lesson at the age of three and a half. She made a recital debut on Kumho Prodigy Concert Series in July 1998. At the age of twelve, she started studying with pianist Kim Dae-jin. At age sixteen, she entered the Korea National University of Arts to continue her piano studies. At the age of 18, she recorded the complete Chopin Etudes (Op. 10 and Op. 25) for a CD on the Universal Music Label.[3]

Career

She has performed with New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, NHK Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and many others under the batons of Yuri Bashmet, Karel Mark Chichon, Myung-whun Chung, James Conlon, Lawrence Foster, Valery Gergiev, Dmitri Kitayenko, Lorin Maazel, Ludovic Morlot, Giordano Bellincampi and others. Since 2006, she has been studying with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, in Hannover, Germany.[4][5] In the season 2022-2023, she is artist in residence with Residentie Orkest (The Hague Philharmonic), Amare concert hall The Hague and Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Writing career

Since May 2010, she has written a monthly column for JoongAng Sunday, the Sunday edition of JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea's most widely read newspapers.[6] This was compiled as a book in 2015.[7]

Awards

Discography
  • 2004: "Chopin: 24 Etudes" (Universal Music)
  • 2008: "Chopin: Nocturnes for Piano and Orchestra" (Universal Music)
  • 2009: "13th Van Cliburn Competition: Yeol Eum Son, Silver Medalist" (Harmonia Mundi)
  • 2012: "Yeol Eum Son, Piano" (O'new World Music)
  • 2016: "Schumann & Brahms: Sonatas, Romances" (Decca Classics)[10]
  • 2016: "Modern Times: Berg, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Ravel" (Decca Classics)[11]
  • 2018: "Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 K467 / Sonata No.10 K330" (Onyx Classics)[12]
  • 2020: "Schumann: Fantasy in C – Kreisleriana – Arabesque" (Onyx Classics)[13]
  • 2021: "Kapustin" (Onyx Classics)[14]
  • 2023: "Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas" (Naïve Records)[15]

References
  1. "Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives". New York Philharmonic. New York Philharmonic. Retrieved March 22, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Yeol Eum Son IMG Artists". imgartists.com. January 17, 2017.
  3. "Yeol Eum Son (Piano) – Short Biography". www.bach-cantatas.com.
  4. "Yeol Eum Son and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields". Cadogan Hall.
  5. Wilson, Frances. "Meet the Artist – Yeol Eum Son, pianist". The Cross-eyed Pianist, April 11, 2018
  6. "About the Artist". steinwaysociety.com.
  7. "하노버에서 온 음악 편지".
  8. "Kissinger Sommer , Kissinger Klavierolymp". Kissingersommer.de. Retrieved July 24, 2017.
  9. "Yeol Eum Son". Corvallis-OSU Piano International.
  10. "Schumann & Brahms Clara-Jumi Kang and Yeol Eum Son". www.amazon.de.
  11. "Modern Times". Presto Classical. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  12. "Yeol Eum Son – Mozart: Piano Concerto No.21 K467 / Sonata No.10 K330 – CD & Download". www.onyxclassics.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  13. "Yeol Eum Son – Schumann- Fantasy in C – Kreisleriana – Arabesque – CD & Download". www.onyxclassics.com. Retrieved April 14, 2020.
  14. "Yeol Eum Son – Kapustin". www.onyxclassics.com. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  15. "Yeol Eum Son – Mozart: Complete Piano Sonata". www.yeoleumson.com. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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