Yoonie Han, piano (canceled)

Monday, February 16, 2015, 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
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Praised for her "flowing tones, poetic phrasing and heavenly singing melodies" (Cincinnati Enquirer) and her "musical imagination and feel for complex textures" (Washington Post), South Korean pianist Yoonie Han has won top prizes in distinguished international competitions and the highest accolades for her performances in major concert halls around the world. Free.
Location: 
Creative Arts Building, Knuth Hall
Directions: 
Sponsor: 
School of Music and Dance
Contact: 
SF State Box Office
Phone: 
415-338-2467
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In 2009, Han won South Korea’s Gawon Music Award as the “most brilliant pianist aged 17 to 31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence.” She also won first prize in the Washington International Piano Competition (2011), the Fulbright Concerto Competition (2011), Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (2008), the Cincinnati World Piano Competition (2008) and the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Competition (2005) and has garnered major awards at the Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition and Milan Concorso Pianistico Ettore Pozzoli Internazionale. Following her 2001 grand-prize victory in the Korea National Music Competition, she was named “most promising young artist” by the Korean Ministry of Culture.

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Yoonie Han