Kim, Jeonghwan

Country: Germany

Date of birth: 10 July, 2000

Since moving to Berlin in 2011, Jeongwan Kim has continued to earn extensive recognition in prestigious national and international piano competitions. He won two 1st prizes in the 2014 and 2015 editions of the Jugend musiziert national competition. At the 2017 International Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in Weimar, he received third prize along with two special prizes. In 2019, he was awarded 1st prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark. He has since given concerts in major halls in Berlin, Weimar, Hamburg, and Aarhus, among others. In 2022, he won 1st prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University Competition in Berlin. In 2023, he won 1st prize, along with two special prizes, for his performance of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 2, and the Best Overall Concerto Prize at the Sydney International Piano Competition. Since 2017, Jeonghwan has been studying at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in the class of Konrad Maria Engel. His former professors include So Yong Choi, Leda Kim, and Thomas Just. He has also participated in masterclasses with Jacob Leuschner, Bob Versteegh, and Robert Levin. Other crucial influences on his artistic development include Stephan Imorde, Konstantin Heidrich, Antje Weithaas, and Jonathan Aner.

Competition Repertoire

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Grand final