Esther Park, Piano
Performances by Esther Park
| Composer | Title | Date | Action |
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| Franz Liszt | Valse de l'opéra Faust | 01/17/2017 |
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| Claude Debussy | Mouvement, from Images, Book 1 | 01/17/2017 |
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| Claude Debussy | Hommage à Rameau | 01/17/2017 |
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| Claude Debussy | Reflets dans l’eau, from Images, Book 1 | 01/17/2017 |
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| Jean-Philippe Rameau | L'Egyptienne, from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin | 01/17/2017 |
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| Jean-Philippe Rameau | L'Enharmonique, from Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin | 01/17/2017 |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 12 Variations in C Major on “Ah, vous dirai-je Maman” K. 265 | 01/17/2017 |
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Esther Park, Piano
Biography
Pianist Esther Park has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals across the United States as well as Asia and major European cities. Orchestral appearances include with the Houston Symphony, Yale Philharmonia, Corpus Christi Symphony, Filharmonia Pomorska, Poland, Orchestra Filarmonica, Romania, Shanghai Philharmonic, China, Shreveport Symphony, the Juilliard Symphony, and the New Jersey Symphony.
Ms. Park gave a five-city recital tour in Korea, and has performed at the Juilliard Theater in NYC, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Salle Cortot in Paris, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Palau de la Musica, Valencia, Spain, and on the Kum-Ho Music society’s Prodigy Series. She has appeared at the Music Academy of the West (Santa Barbara), the Aspen Music Festival, the Bowdoin Summer Music Festival in Maine, the Tel-Hai International Music Festival in Israel, and the Van Cliburn-TCU Institute in Texas. Ms. Park has been heard in New York on WQXR Radio as the winner of the 52nd Kosciusko International Competition and the Gina Bachauer Competition.
Ms. Park won the 2013 Jose Roca International Piano Competition, the 2013 Russian International Music Competition, the 2009 “Prix Amadeo” and the 2009 Chopin Gesellschaft Klavierwettbewerb. She also received top prizes at the 3rd San Marino International Piano Competition, the 3rd China Shanghai International Piano Competition, the 6th Paderewski International Piano Competition, the National Chopin Competition (USA), Hilton Head International Competition, and is the recipient of President Clinton’s Prodigy Award.
Born in Pusan, Korea, Ms. Park moved to the United States in 1995, after being accepted to The Juilliard School’s Pre-College division. She completed undergraduate and graduate degrees at Juilliard, studying with Yoheved Kaplinsky. She also studied at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater, Hannover, under the tutelage of Bernd Goetzke, and has since received the Artist Diploma and Master of Musical Arts degrees at the Yale School of Music under the guidance of Boris Berman.
Since 2015, Ms. Park has been Assistant Professor of Piano at East Tennessee State University.