Event FinderGuest Master Class – HaeSun Paik, piano
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- In person
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- Ford-Crawford Hall, 200 S Jordan Ave, Bloomington, IN 47405
About This Event
About the Artist Pianist HaeSun Paik has been hailed as a "sensitive and thinking musician with stunning virtuosity" (Los Angeles Times), and a "big and individual personality" (New York Times). Having won top prizes at international piano competitions including the Queen Elisabeth, Leeds, William Kapell, and the Tchaikovsky, Paik has performed around the world in solo recitals, concertos with orchestras, and as a chamber musician. She has performed with the Boston, National, London, KBS, NHK, Belgian National, and City of Birmingham Symphonies; the Munich, Radio France, Tokyo, Warsaw, and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestras; and the Russian National Orchestra, among others. She has recorded the complete works by Beethoven for cello and piano with Laurence Lesser, which has been released by Bridge Records. Her debut and subsequent solo recordings are available on the EMI label. One of the most sought-after pedagogical influences in Korea, Paik was the youngest pianist of her generation to be appointed as a music professor at Seoul National University. She currently serves as the cochair of the piano department at her alma mater, the New England Conservatory. She also holds an artist-in-residence position at Daegu Catholic University and served as the artistic director of the Busan Music Festival in Korea. She also teaches and performs at many renowned international music festivals and has served as a juror in prestigious international piano competitions. Paik is a recipient of the Korean National Academy of the Arts' 2019 Music Award, the nation's highest honor for Korean musicians. Her life-essay book, Master of My Own Frustrations was published in Korea in 2023. Paik graduated from the New England Conservatory under the guidance of Russell Sherman and Wha-Kyung Byun. Her artistic development was further enriched through her studies at the International Piano Foundation in Lake Como, Italy.