Hee-Sung Jang

Pianist Hee-Sung Jang, born in Korea, received her bachelor’s and master’s degree in piano performance from Seoul National University, where she studied with Soo-Jung Shin. She obtained her degrees with an ‘Award of Honor’ by presenting a thesis ‘A Study on the Literary Effects of E.T. A. Hoffmann in Schumann’s Kreisleriana, Op.16’. She furthered her studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor working with Arthur Greene, earning a master’s degree with high distinction. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed at prestigious venues in her native country, such as the Seoul National University’s Mozart Concert Hall, as well as the Ewon Cultural Center and Chugye University of Arts. International performances include the Wiener Summer Music Festival in Austria, the Worthing Theatre in the United Kingdom, the Puigcerda Summer Music Festival in Spain, Steinway Hall in Texas, and the Good Shepherd Church in NewYork.Additionally she has performed in master classes given by renowned artists such as John Perry, OxanaYablonskaya, Hae-Sun Paik and Barry Snyder. Hee-Sung Jang won the first prize at the Seattle International Piano Competition as well as prizes in the 5 Towns Piano Competition in New York, the American Protégé Competition as well as the Bradshaw and Buono Piano Competition. Recently, she performed the Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the NewYork Concert Artists Symphony Orchestra as part of their “Evenings of Piano Concerti” season as a winner of their concerto competition. Highlights next season include recitals in Seattle and at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree as a student of Anton Nel at the University of Texas at Austin, where she recently received an ‘Outside-Achievement Student Award’.