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Alpin Hong, Piano

Alpin Hong, Piano

Biography

During a 2004-05 season encompassing ninety-five concerts and seventy outreach events across the United States, pianist Alpin Hong has introduced audiences to the power of Stravinsky, the delicacy of Debussy, the clarity of Bach and the exuberance of Gershwin. In recognition of the pianist's immense gifts for communicating his passion for music to audiences of all ages, The McGraw-Hill Companies honored him in September 2005 with the $10,000 Robert Sherman Award for Music Education and Community Outreach.

In July 2005, Gramophone magazine declared Mr. Hong's solo CD (works of Scarlatti, Brahms, Debussy and Stravinsky on MSR Classics) "a debut that enhances this young pianist's reputation," in particular praising his "strong finger-work and keen ear for voice-leading." The New York Times lauded his "crystalline energy...clear and persuasive ideas...and remarkable breadth of coloration" in a review of his standing-room only New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the result of his winning First Prize in the 2001 Concert Artists Guild International Competition.

Highlights of Mr. Hong's 2005 - 06 season include his debut at the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival in Michigan performing Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Battle Creek Symphony under the baton of music director Anne Harrigan, and residencies (comprised of educational outreach events and recitals) presented by the University of Iowa's Hancher Auditorium, the Gina Bachauer Foundation in Salt Lake City, and by the La Jolla Music Society as part of its well-known Discovery Series.

Recent performance highlights include the 50th anniversary celebration of Merkin Concert Hall, recitals at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre and Royce Hall at UCLA, Purdue University Convocations in Lafayette, Indiana, the Frick Arts Centre in Pittsburgh, the Kansas City Friends of Chamber Music, Market Square Concerts in Pennsylvania and concertos with Orchestra X in Houston, the Greeley Philharmonic and the Indian River Symphony. International engagements include recitals at the Hoam Arts Center in Seoul, Korea, Panama's Asociacion Nacional de Conciertos and a concerto engagement with the Korean Broadcast Symphony.

Alpin Hong is a native of Michigan and made his orchestral debut with the Kalamazoo Symphony at the age of ten. He moved to Los Angeles soon after and garnered competition victories at the 1989 Stravinsky Piano Competition, the 1993 SYMF Competition and the 1994 Los Angeles Spotlight Awards Competition. He completed his Master's degree as a student of Jerome Lowenthal at The Juilliard School.

A resident of New York City, Mr. Hong further demonstrated his commitment to music education in fall 2005 as curator of "Kitchen Sink Music After School," an artist-in-the-schools program in Harlem.


Performances by Alpin Hong

Composer Title Date Action
Claude Debussy Claire de lune, from Suite Bergamasque 01/21/2009 Play Add to playlist
Felix Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14 01/20/2009 Play Add to playlist
Alberto Ginastera Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2 01/14/2009 Play Add to playlist
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo No. 2 in A Major, from Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118 01/25/2009 Play Add to playlist
Johann Sebastian Bach Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (from Cantata No. 147) 01/26/2009 Play Add to playlist
Igor Stravinsky Suite from Firebird 01/20/2009 Play Add to playlist

Alpin Hong Concerts

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