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Equally at home in the classic and contemporary repertoire, her recent seasons have featured performances ranging from J.S. Bach’s Goldberg variations, and Schubert’s late piano sonatas to the world premieres of Earth by Aaron Jay Kernis and Voyage Out by Sebastian Currier. Park has been heard in numerous live broadcasts on National Public Radio and New York’s Classical Radio Station, WQXR.
In January of 2021, Ms. Park’s recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Cello and Piano with cellist Edward Arron was released on the Aeolian Classics Record Label. Subsequently, she earned her doctoral degree in musical arts from Stony Brook University. Subsequently, they received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award from the Classical Recording Foundation.
Ms. Park performs on Steinway pianos provided through the courtesy of Steinway and Sons in New York. In September of 2022, Ms. Park was invited as the guest leader, pianist and curator for the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra chamber music series in Korea. A passionate chamber musician, she has appeared at prominent festivals throughout the world, including Seattle Chamber Music Society, Lake Champlain, Spoleto USA, Bridgehampton, Lake Champlain, Manchester, Seoul Spring, Great Mountains (Korea), Tucson, Appalachian Summer, Central Vermont, Taos, Eastern Music Festival, Emilia-Romagna (Italy), Music Alp in Courchevel (France), and Kusatsu Summer Music (Japan).
Since 2012, She has served as the co-artistic director, along with her husband, cellist Edward Arron, of the Performing Artists in Residence series at the Clark Art Institute.
In January of 2021, Ms. Park’s recording of Beethoven’s Complete Works for Cello and Piano with cellist Edward Arron was released on the Aeolian Classics Record Label. She volunteers for The Guiding Eyes for the Blind as a puppy raiser. She has premiered important new works by leading composers such as David Ludwig, Lisa Bielawa, Nick DiBerardino, and Paul Moravec.
Ms. Park performs on Steinway pianos provided through the courtesy of Steinway and Sons in New York. Ms. Park currently lives in Amherst, MA with her family, and their sock-stealing Labrador retriever.
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Previous events
Jeewon Park, piano Jeffrey Multer, violin Vivek Jayaraman, violin Natalie Yu, violin Sebastian Stefanović, viola Victor Minke Huls, cello Clay Ellerbroek, flute Mitchell Kuhn, oboe Natalie Hoe, clarinet Maggie O’Leary, bassoon David Smith, french horn
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op.
12 No. 2 Francis Poulenc – Sextuor, FP 100 Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Performing Artists in Residence
Jeewon Park (piano) and Edward Arron (cello), artistic directors Andrew Armstrong (piano), guest artist
Mozart The Marriage of Figaro Overture for piano four hands
Schumann F. A. E. Sonata for cello and piano Brahms F.
A. E. Sonata for cello and piano
Schubert Fantasie in f minor, D. 940 for piano four hands
Shostakovich Sonata in d minor for cello and piano, Op. 40
Gershwin An American in Paris for piano four hands
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Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, “Choral Fantasy”, Op.
80 Jeewon Park, piano Michael Francis, conductor
Tippett Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Bernstein Kaddish, Symphony No. 3
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Fantasia in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, “Choral Fantasy”, Op. 80 Jeewon Park, piano Michael Francis, conductor
Tippett Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time Bernstein Kaddish, Symphony No.
3
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Concerts in Tuscany
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Tuscany, Italy
with Jasmine Habersham (soprano), Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin), Rebecca Albers (viola), Hal Robinson (double bass), and McDuffie Young Artists
In a program featuring Schubert “Trout” Quintet
and songs by Brahms, Korngold, Schubert, and Ricky Ian Gordon
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Artist Class at Mercer University McDuffie Center for Strings
The Bell House, 315 College St, Macon, GA
Edward Arron & Jeewon Park in Recital
Brahms: Scherzo in c minor from F-A-E Sonata, WoO 2 Schumann: Five Pieces in Folk Style, Opus 102 Schumann: Intermezzo in F Major from F-A-E Sonata, WoO 22 Schnittke: Musica Nostalgica (1992) Prokofiev: Sonata in C Major, Opus 119
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Faure Piano Quartet in c minor
Sergiu Schwartz, violin • Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola • Edward Arron, cello • Jeewon Park, piano
Program: Prokofiev / Overture on Hebrew Themes for Clarinet, Strings, and Piano, Op.
34 (1919) Brahms / Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op. 114 (1891) Mozart / Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 (1789)
Artists: Anthony McGill, clarinet Philip Setzer, violin Edward Arron, cello MMF Young Artists
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival
Benaryoa Hall, Seattle, WA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in E-flat Major, K.
380 James Ehnes, Alessio Bax
Franz Schubert String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581 Noah Geller, Che-Yen Chen, Sterling Elliott
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 Jeewon Park, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Beth Guterman Chu, Edward Arron
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival
Benaryoa Hall, Seattle, WA
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in E-flat Major, K.
380 James Ehnes, Alessio Bax
Franz Schubert String Trio in B-flat Major, D. 581 Noah Geller, Che-Yen Chen, Sterling Elliott
Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26 Jeewon Park, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Beth Guterman Chu, Edward Arron
Darius Milhaud Scaramouche, Suite for 2 Pianos, Op.
165b Alessio Bax, Jeewon Park
Ludwig van Beethoven Serenade for String Trio in D Major, Op. 8 Yura Lee, Beth Guterman Chu, Sterling Elliott
César Franck Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 14 Inon Barnatan, James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen, Edward Arron
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Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival
Benaryoa Hall, Seattle, WA
Franz Joseph Haydn Piano Trio No.
25 in E minor, Op. 57 No. 2, Hob. XV:12 Jeewon Park, Noah Geller, Efe Baltacıgil
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25, dans le caractère populaire roumain Yura Lee, Inon Barnatan
Felix Mendelssohn String Quintet No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 87 James Ehnes, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Che-Yen Chen, Beth Guterman Chu, Edward Arron
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Jeewon Park
Praised for her “deeply reflective playing”(Indianapolis Star) and “infectious exuberance” (New York Times), Korean-born pianist Jeewon Park has garnered the attention of audiences for her dazzling technique and poetic lyricism.
She came to the U.S. in 2002, after having won all the major competitions in Korea, most notably Joong-Ang and KBS competitions. She received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award from the Classical Recording Foundation.
Ms. She came to the U.S. in 2002, after having won all the major competitions in Korea, most notably Joong-Ang and KBS competitions.
She received the Samuel Sanders Collaborative Artists Award from the Classical Recording Foundation.
Ms. Park has been heard in numerous live broadcasts on National Public Radio and New York’s Classical Radio Station, WQXR. She has premiered important new works by leading composers such as David Ludwig, Lisa Bielawa, Nick DiBerardino, and Paul Moravec.
In September of 2022, Ms. Park was invited as the guest leader, pianist and curator for the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra chamber music series in Korea. Critics have described her performances as “ravishing in execution, radiant in timbre,” “unadulterated commitment to music, to lift the compositions in honor” and “ultimate grandeur and sheer delight,” lauding her “warm musicality and seemingly easy virtuosity,” and “impeccable taste and skill.”
Since making her debut at the age of 12 performing Chopin’s First Concerto with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, Ms.
Park has appeared as concerto soloist with orchestras including the KBS Orchestra, Hwa-Eum Chamber Orchestra, Charleston Symphony, Mexico City Philharmonic, Monterey Symphony, and Florida Orchestra, and has performed in major venues as recitalist and chamber musician across North America, Asia and Europe.
This season, Jeewon Park celebrates her 10th year as the co-artistic director of the Performing Artists in Residence series at Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA, along with her husband, cellist Edward Arron.
She attended Yonsei University in Korea, The Juilliard School and Yale University, where she was awarded the prestigious Dean Horatio Parker Prize for best fulfilling Dean Parker’s lofty musical ideals. Her teachers include Young-Ho Kim, Herbert Stessin, Claude Frank and Gilbert Kalish.