YEOL EUM SON: VAN CLIBURN INTERNATIONAL PIANO

COMPETITION SILVER MEDALIST

Once every four years, a select few pianists emerge victorious from the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, highly regarded as the preeminent piano competition in the world. We welcome the Silver Medal winner, Yeol Eum Son, to Portland on Sunday, July 12, at 4:00 pm at the World Forestry Center for one of the first public recitals following the competition.

Ms. Son also won the Steven De Groote Memorial Award

for the Best Performances of Chamber Music at the Van Cliburn Competition. She has performed with the Israel, New York, Seoul, and Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestras, among other noted orchestras. Third-prize winner of the 2005 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition, Ms. Son has made debuts at several international music festivals, including the Beethoven Easter Festival in Warsaw, the Rheingau Festival in Germany, and the Bowdoin Festival in the United States. She currently studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, and has recorded a CD of Chopin etudes for Universal Music in Korea.

RECITAL PROGRAM, Sunday, July 12, 4:00 pm

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12

Bates: White Lies for Lomax

Liszt: Spanish Rhapsody

Chopin: 14 Waltzes

Link to detailed program page and notes.

Link to Van Cliburn winner page.

Link to review by James Bash for The Gathering Note.

Recital, July 12