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Sunday December 3, 2023
— a “hybrid” event —
Yejin Lee & Min Young Park
Piano Four-Hands
One Piano, Two Pianists, Four Hands
PROGRAM
“Wohl mir, daß ich Jesum habe” (Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring) (1685-1750)
from Cantata BWV 147
Johann Sebastian Bach; arranged by Leonard Duck
“Schafe können sicher weiden” (Sheep May Safely Graze)
from Cantata BWV 208
Rondo in A Major, Op. 107, D.951
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
“3-day Mix”
Eleanor Alberga (b.1949)
Nutcrackers
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893); Arranged by E. Langer
Miniature Overture
March
Dance of the Candy Fairy
Russian Dance, “Trépak”
Arab Dance
Chinese Dance
Dance of the Reed-Flutes
Waltz of the Flowers
BIOGRAPHY
Pianist Yejin Lee is an active soloist and a chamber musician based in the United States. Yejin’s performances have been praised for her “coloristic and poetic expressions” and “compelling and thrilling rhythmic senses,” and she has been invited to perform in many prestigious venues around the world. Yejin had her solo debut at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York with the invitation from the Annual Velia International Music Festival, and her appearances include as a guest artist at the Cultural Art Center in Jaen, Spain and the Tyler Recital Hall in Florida, and Seoul Arts Center and Yong San Art Hall in Seoul, Korea. Claimed top awards at a number of national and international competitions, including at Dallas International Piano Competition, Kingsville International Piano Competition, Wideman International Piano Competition, Yejin also had a privilege to perform at leading music festivals and masterclasses at the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Banff Music Festival, Gijon Music Festival in Gijon, Spain and Piano Texas International Academy & Festival, where she shared musical inspiration with great pedagogues and pianists in this century like Richard Goode, Dmitry Bashkirov, Stephen Hough, John O’Conor, John Perry, and Karl-Heinz Kammering. Yejin holds both piano performance and vocal accompanying degrees from Oberlin Conservatory with honors under Haewon Song and Philip Highfill and Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as a piano faculty at Washington Conservatory of Music and a Professorial Lecturer at George Washington University. She is also a member of Baltimore Musicales where she collaborates with wonderful singers and performs diverse programs.
Korean Pianist Min Young Park has earned broad recognition for her talented artistry. Min Young won numerous competitions including; a prize winner of the Harrison L. Winter Piano Competition at The Peabody Institute, Asia Chopin International Competition, and St. Petersburg Competition. Min Young has made Baltimore debut with Peabody Symphony Orchestra under Leon Fleisher in 2015. She has also appeared with Prime orchestra and with Seoul National University Symphony Orchestra at Seoul Arts Center. Min Young has given a number of solo recitals including Kumho Young Artist Concert Series in Korea, An die Musik Series in Baltimore, and Artist Concert Series given by The Music Academies of Artist Music in White Marsh. Her artistry has been showcased as a guest artist at First and Franklin Presbyterian Church’s The Spire Series and Chosun Newspaper’s Rising Talent of Young Pianists Concert.
As an avid chamber musician, Min Young has performed at Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, St. Paul’s Church of Columbia University in New York, and The Peabody Conservatory. She was recently invited to the Music@Menlo, Taos Chamber Music Festival, Bowdoin International Music Festival as a Kaplan Fellowship recipient, and the Festival “Aigues-Vives en Musiques” in France, where she shared her musical journey with Wu Han, David Finckle, Gilbert Kalish, Robert McDonald, Judith Ingolfsson, Vladimir Stoupel, Borromeo String Quartet, Brentano String Quartet, and Miro Quartet. She also extended her artistry in numerous masterclasses under renowned pianists such as Leon Fleisher, Richard Goode, Joseph Kalichstein, Arie Vardi, John O’conor, Naum Grubert, and Matti Raekallio.
Min Young graduated Summa Cum Laude from Seoul National University. She completed her master of music at The Juilliard School. She is currently pursuing a Doctoral Music of Arts at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, studying with Yong Hi Moon. As a devoted educator, she served as a faculty associate at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, teaching piano minor lessons for students at Homewood campus. Min Young currently serves as a piano faculty of the Peabody Preparatory Department.
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