Sung Ho Yoo_Pianist

Pianist Sung Ho Yoo was born in 1996 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He has had a deep passion for music since he began studying piano at the age of seven. He graduated at the top of his class from Sunhwa Arts High School, and was again top of his graduating year for his Bachelor’s Degree at the Korea National University of Arts. He has recently captured attention on the global stage by winning a special prize at the 2018 Geneva International Music Competition. His other accolades include a prize at the 2021 Seoul International Music Competition.

He had his first solo recital at the age of 14, as part of the prestigious Kumho Prodigy Concert Audition program. He has also performed iconic pieces with numerous orchestras, including Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the DITTO Orchestra, Beethoven’s Concerto No. 3 for the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Mendelssohn’s Concerto No. 1 for Confero Camerata, and Schumann’s Concerto with both the KNUA Symphony Orchestra and the Gunpo Prime Philharmonic Orchestra. His performance in Moscow with the Novaya Rossiya State Symphony Orchestra, where legendary conductor Yuri Bashmet is an artistic director, received great acclaim from local audiences.

He has also won the President's Award for his contributions as a student to the development of the school at the Korea National University of Arts. He has demonstrated his versatility and range is numerous performances at the Chosun Ilbo New Artist Concert, the Art Center Incheon Family Concert, the Tongyeong International Music Center School Concert, the Peace & Piano Festival, the Kumho Young Artist Concert, and a solo recital at the 2021 Seoul International Music Festival. He has enjoyed collaborative concerts with pianists from Tokyo National University of Arts several times, and his keen interest in chamber music inspired his membership in the Trio Carpo since 2016.

He has been taught by Soyoung Ju at Sunhwa Arts High School and Daejin Kim at the Korea National University of Arts. Most recently, he has studied with Dang Thai Son at the New England Conservatory, USA.