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Ji

p, *1992 KR
Musician of Classical

The Korean pianist Ji-Yong Kim (known as Ji) was born in South Korea (?1992), and began playing the piano at the age of 5. At 9, his family relocated to New York, where he studied at the Music Preparatory Division of the Mannes College with Yuri Kim, and later at The Juilliard School Pre-College with Yoheved Kaplinsky. In 1991, at the age of 10, he was the youngest pianist to win the New York Philharmonic Orchestra’s Young Artists Competition, resulting in a performance at Avery Fisher Hall under Maestro Kurt Masur. He graduated from the Juilliard School with Bachelor of Music degree. As a winner of the 2012 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, Ji was also honored with seven YCA prizes: the Sander Buchman Award, Slomovic Concerto Prize, Korean Concert Society Prize, and four concert prizes: the Harriman-Jewell Series Prize, Bronder Prize for Piano from Saint Vincent College, Tannery Pond Concerts Prize and Usedom Festival Prize in Germany. He is currently working with Choong-Mo Kang at The Juilliard School. Highlights of the 2015-2016 season include recitals at the ShortGrass Music Festival, the Brownville Concert Series, La Jolla Music Society, and at the Morgan Library and Museum; a performance of W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra; and a chamber music appearance at San Diego’s Mainly Mozart Festival. In early 2016, Ji was the star of a national Android commercial in which he performs L.v. Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata on two pianos, one that features the usual 88 pitches on a piano, and one that is tuned so that each key plays a middle C. His unique and varied career continues during the 2017-2018 season, which begins with performances at the Seoul Jazz Festival, at Germany’s Usedomer Musikfestival, recitals including a concert titled “Bach to the Future” at the Artist Series Concerts of Sarasota, and a concerto performance with the Arkansas Symphony. In 2017, he signed to Warner Classics as an exclusive recording artist. For his label debut, he has recorded Bach’s Goldberg Variations,released in January 2018. His previous albums are "Bach Exhibition" on the Credia label (2012), and "Lisztomania" for Credia/Universal Music.

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