Dr. Jihye Chang Sung - Instructor of Piano
Pianist Jihye Chang Sung is an adjunct faculty member at Concordia College and Artistic Director of the newly created “Chamber Music ff” in Fergus Falls, MN. Jihye’s performances have been broadcast on KBS TV and Radio Korea, PBC TV Korea, Yedang TV Korea, and Costa Rica Classical Radio, and she has appeared as a soloist with the Wonjoo Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), the Indiana University New Music Ensemble, the Sun-Hwa Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), and the Hot Springs Festival Ensemble. Highlights of the 2009-10 season include a solo appearance with the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra (AL), performances of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Arsenal Trio, workshops with composition students and performances for the Studio 2021 series at Seoul National University, Korea, recitals and master classes in Lima, Peru, and concerts with the Pathway Ensemble in Seoul, Korea.
Together with violinist Benjamin Sung, Jihye is one of the recipients of the 2009 Aaron Copland Fund Recording Grant. She was also the first winner of the International Competition for Pianist-Composer Collaboration awarded by the Yvar Mikhashoff Trust in 2008, and was presented in recital at the Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY, in Spring 2009. Other awards and honors include the Henry Kohn Award for outstanding achievement from the Tanglewood Music Center, an Honorary Fellowship from the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, a full merit scholarship and the President’s Award from Seoul National University, and the Grand Prize from Samick Piano Competition, Korea. As a recording artist, she has released several commercial CDs such as “Piano for Easy Listening” on Sony/ BMG Korea, and “Classics for Children” on Seoul Record, Korea. Her next CD, a collection of intermediate level piano repertoire for students, will be released by Music Valley Korea in early 2010. Jihye has also appeared at the new music festivals at Ball State University and the University of Louisville, premiered more than thirty works, and recorded works by Steve Rouse and Marc Satterwhite for the Centaur label.
Jihye holds the degrees of Doctor of Music and Master of Music in Piano Performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where her primary teachers were György Sebök, Reiko Neriki, and Edward Auer. Her doctoral research into the etudes of György Ligeti and Unsuk Chin has evolved into an ongoing series of lectures and recitals exploring the piano etudes and miniatures of the 20th and 21st centuries, which she has presented at Indiana University, University of Louisville, Seoul National University, and Auburn University Montgomery. She received her Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Seoul National University, where she studied with Jungkyu Kim.
Contact Jihye Chang Sung: jihye.chang@gmail.com
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