Hansol Kang

Pianist Hansol Kang, winner of four major national competitions in Korea, performed with orchestras including Korean Prime Orchestra, Kyung-gi Provincial Orchestra, and Chung-Ang University Win. As a top student at graduation, he was invited to Chosun Daily Newspaper Debut Concert, and designated as a soloist with Chung-Ang University Alumni Orchestra in the Seoul Art Center in 2005. He has appeared at Seoul Art Center, Korean Broadcasting System Hall, Se-jong Art Hall, Busan Culture Center, and Daejeon Art Center, among many others in Korea. As a member of four men pianists team ‘WHYNOT?’ creating modernized concerts by piano chamber music, the team began ‘WHYNOT?’ piano concerts tour, it was recorded sold-out and broadcast by a government broadcasting station (MBC). Born in Korea, he started piano at seven, and pursued his study on the piano in the Peniel Arts Middle and High school.After receiving his bachelor’s degree from Chung-Ang University under Prof.Younwha Lee, Hansol Kang was invited to Brandywine International Piano Institute by Prof. Anthony di Bonaventura, director of BIPI and professor at Boston University. After the graduation of his master degree in 2013, Mr.Kang is successively pursuing his doctoral program at the University of Texas at Austin under Prof. Gregory Allen with the Butler Music Excellent Scholarship and Jonilu Swearingen Nubel Endowed Scholarship.