Kisuk Kwon

Kisuk Kwon

Republic of Korea

27 y.o.

Kisuk was born in 1991 in Seoul. He has been educated in music since he was 8 years old and he graduated from Hanyang university College of Music with the best grades. He is now studying at Hochschule für Musik in Detmold with Prof. Hartmut Schneider.

Competitions

• Premio Internazionale Pianistico “A. Scriabin 2019” 2nd Prize (Grosseto, Italy)
• Premio Mauro Paolo Monopoli, Diploma of Semifinalist,
• Concorso Pianistico internazionale Massarosa, Semifinalist
• 2016 Korea-Chopin Competition, 3rd prize
• 2015 Korea-Liszt Competition, 3rd prize
• 2014 Youngchang Music Competition (China and Korea), 2nd prize
• 2013 Korea-Beethoven Competition,  2nd Prize

He won other competitions and performed gala concert ( Prime Orchestra, Grosseto Orchestra, etc.)

Envisaged programme

First round

L. van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.7 in D-Major, Op. 10 No. 3

A. Grünfeld: Soirée de Vienne Op. 56

Second round

A. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 (“Sonata-Fantasy”)

J. Brahms: Piano Sonata No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 2

F. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor,  S. 244/12

Semifinal

S. Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36

R. Schumann: Carnaval Op. 9

Final

L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58