Jiwon Yang Piano Concert

We’re delighted to have JIWON YANG at The New School for a recital as part of the MANNES INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL! [https://event.newschool.edu/mannespianofestivalconcert2026]PROGRAM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827): Variations and Fugue in F-flat Major, op. 35 “Eroica” Franz Liszt (1811 – 1886): Reminiscences de Norma S. 394 Intermission Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918): L’isle Joyeuse, L.106 Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961): Gargoyles, op. 29 * Presto * Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato * Allegro moderato * Presto feroce Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937): La Valse, M.72 ABOUT JIWON YANG: Jiwon Yang debuted in January 2012 at 9 years old, performing solo recitals at Mozart Hall and Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, South Korea. Jiwon has won many awards, including 3rd Prize at the 2025 ARD International Music Competition in Munich, Germany, 3rd Prize at the 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, 3rd Prize at the 2018 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Pianists, Diploma at the 2nd Grand Piano Competition in 2018, First Prize at the Dong-a concours, Young-chang concours in 2017, 2nd Prize at the Liszt concours in 2017, 2nd Prize at the 2015 3rd International Festival of Classical Music & Competition for Young Pianists “Astana Piano Passion” in Kazakhstan, and 4th Prize at the 2015 1st Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians in China. Jiwon has performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata New York Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Irkutsk philharmonic, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra, and the Astana philharmonic. She was a Salzburg Chamber Soloist in 2015. She has collaborated with Richard Owen, Sasha Scolnik-Brower, Ruth Reinhardt, Alexander Sladkovsky, and Gerhardt Zimmermann. She has performed a solo recital at the Kumho Art Hall in November 2016 for the Kumho Foundation Prodigy Invitation Series, and a solo recital at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in February 2014. In April 2014, she performed for the Philippines Chopin Society, and for St. Paul University of Philippines in July 2013. She also performed a solo recital at Russia Irkutsk ‘Stars on Baikal Festival’ in September 2018. Since the Fall of 2020, Jiwon has participated in numerous Mannes Sounds Festival events. She has also given performances in numerous concert venues throughout New York, including Steinway Hall and Carnegie Weill Hall. Since 2022, she has been invited by the American Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club to give solo recitals. In 2023, Jiwon was invited to perform a solo recital at the Frick Collection, Penn Club of New York celebrating Frederic Chopin’s 213th birthday, and at the University Club of New York. In May 2023, as a former prize winner of the Van Cliburn International Junior Competition, she was invited to Texas by the Cliburn and performed in the Lewisville Theater in Forth Worth. Every May since 2022, she has performed at the closing concert of Mannes Sounds Festival in Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall. Jiwon graduated from the BM program at Mannes and is currently in the MM program on a full scholarship, where she studies with Richard Goode and Pavlina Dokovska. She studied under Hyoung Joon Chang in Korea and has also participated in master classes with John O’Conor, Ronan O’Hora, Christopher Elton, Thierry Huillet, Pascal Roge, Alexander Braginsky, Roberto Plano, Maxim Mogilevsky, Ekaterina Mechetina, Gerrit Zitterbart, and Hye-kyoung Seo.