Poetic elegance, an innate feeling for expressive nuance and the power to project bold, dramatic contrasts are among the arresting attributes of Yeol Eum Son’s pianism. Her refined artistry rises from breathtaking technical control and a profound empathy for the emotional temper of the works within her strikingly wide repertoire. She is driven above all by her natural curiosity to explore a multitude of musical genres and styles and the desire to reveal what she describes as the “pure essence” of everything she performs. Yeol Eum refuses to impose limits on her artistic freedom and remains determined to explore new artistic territory. Her choice of repertoire, which spans everything from the works of Bach and Mozart to those of Shchedrin and Kapustin, is guided chiefly by the quality and depth of the music. 

In high demand as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician, Yeol Eum has won critical plaudits for the profound insights and intelligence of her interpretations. Her development as an all-round artist has gained from collaborations with conductors as diverse as Lorin Maazel, Dmitri Kitajenko, Valery Gergiev, Antonio Pappano, Andrew Manze, Jaime Martin, Jun Märkl, Roberto González-Monjas, Jonathon Heyward, Ryan Bancroft, Pablo Gonzalez, Pietari Inkinen, Eivind Aadland, Joana Carneiro, Anja Bihlmaier, Dima Slobodeniouk, Gergely Madaras, Alexander Shelley, Dmitry Matvienko, Yutaka Sado, Maxim Emelyanychev and Omer Meir Welber. 

Across the 24/25 season, Yeol Eum makes orchestral debuts with the BBC Symphony at the Barbican Centre in London, Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra at the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra at Vienna Musikverein and London’s Cadogan Hall, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Galicia Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic, St. Louis, Colorado, Baltimore, Symphony Orchestras, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This season Yeol Eum also returns to the NAC Ottawa, Scottish Chamber, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto. 

The international reach of Yeol Eum’s past seasons’ work is clearly reflected in collaborations with, among others, the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Gürzenich, Dresden Philharmonic, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Basel Symphony, Castilla y León, Spanish Radio and Television Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and the Residentie Orkest in the Hague. In North America and Canada Yeol Eum has recently made appearances with Atlanta, Detroit, San Diego, Pacific, Vancouver Symphony Orchestras and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Further afield, Yeol Eum’s orchestral appearances include frequent collaborations with Sydney, Melbourne, West Australian, Tasmanian Symphony orchestras and Auckland Philharmonia.