Youn-Hee Bang, pianist

Youn-Hee Bang, pianist 방연희

"Youn-Hee, with or without competitions, You will be a fantastic
artist!"             - Mm. Alicia de Larrocha -

".... she has obviously crafted interpretation with great care...”
- Los Angeles International     Liszt Competition News -

“...her Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in A minor was a marvel
of clarity and exciting energy- it was simply the best
performance among any other performers' live or
recording.”         - Peninsula Reviews -

    Pianist Youn-Hee Bang, a native of Korea, garnered much acclaim from

international audiences and critics alike for her impressive combination of virtuosic

technique and colorful musicality. Being the first recipient of Alicia de Larrocha

Scholarship and being highly praised by the legendary pianist, Alicia de Larrocha

who wrote to Bang; “Youn-Hee, with or without competitions, You will be a

fantastic artist!.”

          Youn-Hee began her piano studies at age five and attended Yewon School of

Music and Arts. She graduated from Sungshin Women’s University with highest

honors and continued her studies with Alfons Kontarsky in Salzburg, Austria.

Then, she came to the United States and studied with Eduardo Delgado and Philip

Kawin. Currently, she is candidate for the DMA degree at the State University of

New York at Stony Brook, which offered her a full-tuition scholarship to pursue her

degree.

        Her numerous awards include high honors at the Missouri Southern

International Piano Competition, the first prize and the best performance award of

the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition, first prize at the CPMTA

(California Professional Music Teachers Association) Sonata Competition, grand

prize at the Music Associates Performance Award Competition in Southern

California and the National Music Competition for Young Students in S. Korea, and

prizes at the International Peninsula Young Artist Music Festival Competition,

Carmel Piano Competition and Samik Piano Competition.

       Performing with orchestras throughout Europe, the United States and S. Korea,

Ms. Bang has appeared with the International Chamber Ensemble of Rome,

L'orchestra de Perugia, NewYork Symphony Orchestra, and Gahng-Nahm

Symphny in Korea. In addition, her solo engagements have presented her at such

venues as the Seoul Arts Center, Se-Jong Art Center (in S. Korea), the Wiener Saal (in

Austria), and the City Hall (in Andora, Spain).   Among her Korean teachers, Young-

Joo Hong, Gahng-Soon Lee, and Bo-Mee Ihm, and she has been coached by Alicia

de Larrocha, Dina Yoffe, Natalia Trull, Danielle Epstein, Norma Fisher, Igor Kipnis,

Louis Lortie, Seimour Berstein, and Oxana Yablonskaya among others.