SAE YOON CHON

SOUTH KOREA | Age 22 Sae Yoon made his debut with the Cleveland Orchestra under

the baton of Maestro Jahja Ling at the age of 18. Since then, he

has performed with the Orchestra de Valencia , the Bucheon

Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Conservatory Orchestra,

Astana Symphony Orchestra, the Hilton Head Symphony

Orchestra, and the Hanoi Philharmonic. He has collaborated

with conductors Tania Miller, Burno Aprea, Young Min Park,

John Morris Russell, Jahja Ling, Erzhan Dautov, and Jakyung

Year.

He has been awarded numerous prizes at international piano competitions, including 2nd prize

and special prize at 2017 Jose Itrubi International Piano Competition , 5th Prize at the 2017

Seoul International Piano Competition, 3 rd Prize at the 2016 Hilton Head International Piano

Competition, 3 rd Prize at the 2014 Cooper International Piano Competition in Oberlin, 4 th

Prize at the 2013 Hilton Head International Piano Competition for Young Artists, 3 rd Prize in

the 2013 International Festival and Competition for Young Pianists, 1 st Prize and the Best

Classical Work Player award in the 2012 Hanoi International Piano Competition, and 2 nd Prize

in the 2012 Isidor Bajic Memorial Piano Competition in Novi Sad, Serbia.

Sae Yoon started playing the piano at age of six, and continued his studies at the Yewon Art

School and the Seoul Arts High School where his teachers included Professor Hyoung-Joon

Chang. He is currently studying with John O’Conor and James Anagnoson at The Glenn Gould

School, where he is also the recipient of the full-tuition Liliane Szenteleky - de Kresz

Scholarship.

COMPETITION REPERTOIRE

First Round

HAYDN Keyboard Sonata in E-flat major, Hob.XVI:49, Movements 1-3 (15 minutes)

DUTILLEUX Sonata III. Choral et variations (10 minutes)

Semi-Final Round

BACH WTC, Book II: Prelude & Fugue in G minor (4 minutes)

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat major, Op. 84 (30 minutes)

Final Round

BRAHMS Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5 (33 minutes)

ALBENIZ Triana, 1st Movement (5 minutes)

LISZT Rhapsodie Espagnole, 1st Movement (13 minutes)