We're delighted to have Jiwon Yang at The New School for a recital as part of the Mannes International Piano Festival!

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
1.Presto
2.Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
3.Allegro moderato
4.Presto feroce

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): La Valse, M.72

About Jiwon Yang: 

Jiwon Yang debuted in January 2012 when she was barely 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 2019 Cliburn International Junior Piano Competition, 3rd Prize at 2018 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Pianists, Diploma at 2nd Grand Piano Competition in 2018, First Prize at Dong-a concours, Young-chang concours in 2017, Second Prize at 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 Fourth Prize at the 2015 1st Zhuhai International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians in China. 

Jiwon Yang performed with Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Camerata New York Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 2019, Irkutsk philharmonic, Canton Symphony Orchestra, State Academic Symphony Orchestra in 2018, Astana philharmonic & 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, A solo recital at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in February 2014. In April 2014, she performed for the Philippines Chopin Society and 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 performed in numerous Mannes Sounds Festival events. She has given performances in numerous concert venues throughout New York, including Steinway Hall and Carnegie Weill Hall. Since the year of 2022, she was invited from the American Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club to give solo recitals. In 2023, Jiwon was invited to perform a solo recital in Frick Collection, Penn Club of New York celebrating Frederic Chopin’s 213th birthday, and University Club of New York. In May 2023, Jiwon was invited to Texas, Fort Worth by the Cliburn, as a former prize winner of the Van Cliburn International Junior Competition, and performed in the Lewisville Theater in Texas. Also, every May since the 2022, she was presented at the closing concert of Mannes Sounds Festival in Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall.

Jiwon graduated BM degree at Mannes School of Music, 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 before in Korea and she 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.