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Contact: David West (west@nsula.edu
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News Bureau
Northwestern State University
Natchitoches, LA 71497
(318) 357-6466
10/07/2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATCHITOCHES- Pianist Eun Soo Son of South Korea will perform at Northwestern State University Saturday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Magale Recital Hall. The performance is part of the Louisiana Piano Series International.
Tickets are $10 or $20 for the remaining four concerts in the series. Admission is free for any college, elementary or secondary school student in Louisiana.
Son has been featured as soloist with several major symphony orchestras, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. She has performed at venues including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, General San Martin Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Casal de Metge Hall in Barcelona, Great Philharmonic Hall in St. Petersburg, and Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow.
During her career, Son has been a prizewinner in numerous international competitions such as the Busoni International Piano Competition and the Artist International Competition, Senigalia International Piano Competition. She has also won the D'angello Young Artist International Piano Competition, Three Rivers International Piano Competition and Maryland University International Piano Competition. Son has also been awarded the "Musician of Today" Award by the Six Critics Group in Seoul, South Korea.
Son has recorded the Rachmaninoff "Second Concerto" with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra with Mark Ermler as conductor. Her performance of Schumann's "Piano Solo Works" has also been issued on CD by Korean Broadcasting Station as a part of the "Musicians of Korea" series.
After coming to the United States at the age of 11 to further her musical education, she received the Bachelor and the Master's Degree of Music, as well as the Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the Juilliard School. She has studied with Jin Woo Chung, Ok Soo Han, Jane Carlson, Nadia Reisenberg, Gyorgy Sandor and Oxana Yablonskaya. Son is an assistant professor of music at Han Yang University in Seoul, South Korea.