Hee-Kyung Juhn

Pianist Hee-Kyung Juhn was described as “subtle, technically brilliant, a top notch, superb pianist” by New York Concert Review, “sensitive and imaginative” by the American Record Guide. Upon the release of her Bach’s Goldberg Variations recording, Santa Barbara News-Press declared “We have a strong new Goldberg contender in the marvelous Hee-Kyung,” and Gramophone noted “her acumen for voice-leading lends impressive clarity.”

Hee-Kyung Juhn made her orchestra debut at age 16 with Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción playing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto. She has also been featured as a soloist with New York Classical Players, Camerata Miranda, Pine Bluff Orchestra, Central Coast Philharmonia, Mass Brass, and others. She has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie, Paul Hall, and 92 Street Y in New York, Utzon Room in Sydney Opera House, Schumannhaus in Leipzig, Teatro Municipal in Asunción, and performed extensively in Korea (Sejong Cultural Center, Seoul Arts Center Recital Hall, HoAm Art Hall, Youngsan Art Hall, Kumho Arts Center) and other venues in Belgium, Brazil, Japan, and Portugal. During 2020-22 season, Hee-Kyung toured with violinist Tai Murray, an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient, BBC Artist, and Yale faculty, and performed a violin/piano duo program in New York City, Albany, Pittsburgh, and Boston. This tour started with the streamed concert from the 92nd Street Y in New York City during the pandemic. Dr. Juhn served as a judge and adjudicator at several regional and national competitions, including MTNA, NFMC, and other music competitions in the states of Alaska, California, Louisiana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Hee-Kyung Juhn was born in South Korea, lived her teenage years in Paraguay, South America, and was later trained at Rutgers University, The Juilliard School (MM), University of Michigan, and Indiana University (DM). She received further training at the summer festivals such as Aspen Music Festival, Bowdoin, Yale Summer Piano Institute, International Summer Institute in Brasilia, and Tanglewood Music Center in Boston as a fellow. Her teachers include Leonard Hokanson (a pupil of Artur Schnabel), Arthur Greene, Martin Canin, and collaborative pianists Martin Katz, Marshall Williamson, and Jonathan Feldman.

A versatile pianist, Hee-Kyung Juhn has worked as an opera coach/repetiteur, harpsichordist, staff/faculty accompanist at several summer institutions with vocalists and instrumentalists: Opera Lírico del Paraguay, Great Mountains International Music Festival in South Korea, Martina Arroyo Foundation in New York City, the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, and most recently the Bay View Summer Music Festival in Michigan. As a church musician, she has served as an organist and choirmaster for several years.

As an academic, Hee-Kyung Juhn taught at the University of California in Santa Barbara (as a full-time Lecturer) and Henderson State University in Arkansas (as a tenured member), and part-time as artist-in-residence at the University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff. She has taught masterclasses at University of Texas in Arlington, University of Georgia in Atlanta, Kennesaw State University, Baylor University, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Daegu Catholic University, JoongAng University, and Eastern China Normal University.

Hee-Kyung was heard on NPR and other broadcasting venues such as TBS eFM in Seoul, Korea; and most recently NPR’s “From the Top” with young violinist Samuel Garcia.

Her recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations on MSR Classics is currently available  on Amazon, www.msrcd.com, as well as digital download sites.

Check out the summer studies at Bay View Music Festival here.

A full bio and PR materials can be found here.