June 10, 2017. Cliburn gold medal winner Yekwon Sunwoo from South Korea holds the silver cup after the announcement of the winners of The Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo Ralph Lauer)

On Friday, September 8, 2017, Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music will host a piano master class with Mr. Yekwon Sunwoo, the 2017 Van Cliburn Gold Award winner, from 11am to 1pm in the Salmon Recital Hall, Bertea Hall, Room 100. The class is open for public attendance, though seating is limited.

Mr. Sunwoo holds degrees from Curtis Institute of Music and The Juilliard School. He recently launched his 2017-18 debut season with invitations to the Aspen, Grand Teton, and Duszniki International Music Festivals. Recitals will take him to Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, and he undertakes a nine-city tour of the United States with the National Orchestra of Cuba in the spring. In Europe, Mr. Sunwoo makes his United Kingdom concerto debut with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under Cristian Macelaru, appears in the first full season at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, and performs in Brussels, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Madrid, Helsingborg, and across Germany. His appearances in Asia include those in Beirut, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and across South Korea.

Read more about Mr. Sunwoo here:

Yekwon Sunwoo Bio