Soojin Ahn, Piano

Soojin Ahn (s.ahn), Piano

Biography

Pianist Soojin Ahn has performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia to unanimous critical acclaim from the critics and the public. Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe called her performance "rapt and enthralling", and Susan Larson, also of the Boston Globe, wrote after her performance of the Ravel concerto, "Ahn, on the attack, was all over the piano - percussive, fluid, flamboyant".

Ms. Ahn has won prizes in many international competitions, most notably the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the audience prize at the International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Since then she has soloed with many orchestras including the Boston Pops, Jupiter Symphony (NYC), Omaha Symphony, Colorado Springs Symphony, Kalamazoo Symphony, Chicago Chamber Orchestra, and the New England Chamber Orchestra. In 2001, she was invited by Maestro David Robertson to perform Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony with the Chicago Civic Orchestra.

As a recitalist, she has performed in such venues as Alice Tully Hall in New York City, Jordan Hall and Symphony Hall in Boston, and in Philadelphia under the auspices of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Her performance on the Fazioli Salon Series in November of 2006 was voted "Best Performance of the Year" and was re-broadcast at the end of the year. She stunned the music community when she performed at age fifteen the twenty-four etudes of Chopin in a single concert for her debut recital at the Sejong Cultural Center in Korea.

Ms. Ahn began playing the piano at the age of three in her native Korea. At age nine, she moved to the United States to continue her musical studies. Her teachers include Menahem Pressler, Russell Sherman, and Yoheved Kaplinsky. She holds a B.M. and M.M. from the New England Conservatory, and an Advanced Certificate from the Juilliard School.