Chaeyoung Park has been praised as a passionate pianist who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling” (New York Concert Review). Embracing a broad range of the classical music literature, her programs feature works ranging from the early French Baroque by Rameau, to Beethoven sonatas, to new music by living composers. Through Park’s various roles as a recitalist, chamber musician and concerto soloist, she has performed at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, among many others. An avid chamber musician, Park participated in Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Yellow Barn, Juilliard ChamberFest and YoungArts Week, which awarded her the prestigious Gold Medal in Music.
As winner of the 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Park is the first female Korean pianist to receive First Place in the history of the competition. She subsequently presented her solo recital debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. Her debut album on the Steinway label (to be released soon) features works by Brahms and Ligeti.
Park had her first concerto engagement at age 14 with the Heritage Philharmonic Orchestra, and she now regularly performs with orchestras around the U.S., including the Juilliard chamber orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony Orchestra and many more. She immigrated to the U.S. at age ten to study with Jack Winerock, to whom she credits much of her musical upbringing, having studied with him for eight years.
She won her first international competition at age 13-the 2012 International Institute for Young Musicians International Piano Competition, and was delighted to also win the vote for Audience Prize. Within a month, she became the youngest finalist of the 2012 Eastman Young Artists International Piano Competition, and has gone on to be a top prizewinner in the 2014 Emilio Del Rosario International Piano Concerto Competition, the 2015 Cleveland International Young Artists Competition, the 2015 Yamaha USASU International Senior Piano Competition, and the 2016 Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Competition. First Prize winner of the 2022 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, she is managed worldwide by Young Concert Artists.
She is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at Juilliard, and received both her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree at the Juilliard School. While a student, she was awarded the Arthur Rubinstein Prize, given to one outstanding graduating pianist, at the conclusion of her degree.
South Korean-born and raised in Lawrence, Kansas (since age ten), Park returns to Kansas frequently to share music with her community whenever she is back home from New York City, where she is currently based.