Haeshin Shin

Pianist Haeshin Shin earned a BM degree in piano performance from Seoul National University and a MM degree from Boston University with a full merit scholarship. Currently, she is a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Boston University under the guidance of Prof. Boaz Sharon, as a recipient of BU College of Fine Arts Scholarship. She won the first prize at American Protégé Romantic Music Competition, the second prize at Richmond Piano Competition and received an honorable mention at International Competition for Pianists in Memory of Shande Ding. Since 2011, she became a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, the American honor society of music, and also received the Hyung-Ae Foundation Scholarship Award in Korea. Ms. Shin has appeared in recitals, concerts, and festivals throughout the United States, Scotland, Russia, Luxemburg, Belgium, China, and Korea. She had the privilege of performing in master classes of John Perry, John O’conor, Philippe Entremont, Martino Tirimo, Willem Brons, Philip Jenkins, Ian Hobson, Boris Slutsky, and Marilyn Nonken. Shin has performed at Carnegie Weill Recital Hall, and Tsai Performance Center of Boston University for concert series such as “The Bicentennial Celebration of Franz Liszt’s birth”, “Liszt: Années de pèlerinage”, and “Claude Debussy’s 150th Anniversary”. She also performed at Symphony Hall as a keyboard section of Boston University Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she is a founding member of Piano avec Percussion and has played in Time’s Arrow New Music Ensemble. Recently, Shin was granted a fellowship at Garth Newel music center and gave concerts with her trio and quartet. She also gave solo and lecture recitals as a guest artist at BUTI (Boston University Tanglewood Institute) for two successive seasons, in 2013 and 2014. After serving three years of teaching assistant period, now she holds an assistant position for the piano department at Boston University.