Thursday, September 24th at 7:30 PM

The prize-winning Korean pianist JungHee Park will perform a recital including compositions by Franz Joseph Haydn, Maurice Ravel and Sergey Prokofiev. This year JungHee received a doctorate in piano performance from Boston University studying with Anthony di Bonaventura. JungHee began her piano studies at age four with her mother and then went on to study at the Sun-Wha Arts High School and the Seoul National University. She earned earned an Artist Diploma at the Longy School of Music, and a Master's degree (Pi Kappa Lambda) with Distinction in Performance and Academic Honors as well as a Graduate Diploma at the New England Conservatory. In 2009, she completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree (Magna cum Laude) at Boston University studying with Anthony di Bonaventura. JungHee has won many prizes in competitions, including first prizes in the Honors Piano Competition in 2007, the Richmond Piano Competition in 2003, and honors in Citta di Cantu International Piano Competition in 1998 and the IBLA International Piano Competition in 1997, both in Italy. JungHee has also won top prizes in many competitions in her native Korea, including first prizes in the Chopin Piano Competition and the Pusan MBC Music Competition, and prizes in prestigious music competitions sponsored by Korean newspapers: the Dong-A Daily News, the Jung-Ang Daily News, the Se-Kye Daily News music competitions. As a soloist, JungHee has performed with all the major orchestras in Korea, including the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Academy Symphony, the Dae-Koo Symphony, the Kwang-Joo Symphony, and the Seoul National University Alumni Association Orchestra. She also performed solo concerts at the Seoul Arts Center, the Ho-Am Art Hall, the Se-Jong Hall, and the Seoul National University. In the U.S., JungHee was a featured performer in the Oregon Bach Festival in 1992, at the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall in New York in 1995, the Schumann Festival at New England Conservatory in Boston in 1998, and the Brandywine International Piano Institute in Philadelphia in 2004-2008. In Italy, she performed at the Chopin Festival in Milan in 1999, and the Meranofest International Academy in Merano in 2000. Help support this brilliant young pianist's career! Tickets are $10 at the door.

Program

J. Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in E-flat major, Hob. XVI: 52 (1794)

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Finale: Presto

M. Ravel (1875-1937)

Miroirs (1905)

1. Noctuelles (Night moths)
2. Oiseaux tristes (Sad birds)
3. Une barque sur l'océan (A boat on the ocean)
4. Alborada del Gracioso (Dawn song of the jester)
5. La vallée des cloches (Valley of the bells)

Intermission

S.Prokofiev (1891-1953)

Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 (1939-44)

1. Andante dolce
2. Andante sognando
3. Vivace