Min Kwon
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Min Kwon (born Kwon Min-kyung) is a Korean-American pianist[1] and professor of piano at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Kwon began playing the piano at the age of 3, under the tutelage of her mother who ran a music school out of her home.[3] She also studied violin, cello, and choral singing. In the sixth grade Kwon decided to focus fully on piano.[3]
Kwon's family immigrated to Closter, New Jersey when she was 14 years old.[3][4] There, she received a full scholarship to study at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia,[5] and she made her North American debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 16.[3]
After earning her Bachelor of Music Degree at the age of 19,[3] Kwon continued her studies at The Juilliard School with Martin Canin. She received MM and DMA degrees from Juilliard, and completed post-doctoral studies at the University of Mozarteum in Austria with Hanz Leygraf.[6]
Career
[edit]Music
[edit]As the winner of the Beethoven Competition, Kwon made her New York debut in 1992 with the Juilliard Orchestra at the Avery Fisher Hall of Lincoln Center.[6]
Kwon and her sister Yoon, a violinist, were the first Koreans to record for RCA Red Seal Records in 1996.[6] Kwon was Co‐Director of the Vienna ConcertoFest in Austria. From 2015 until 2018 she was on the Juilliard School Council in New York.[5][6]
Teaching
[edit]Kwon became a professor of Piano at the Mason Gross School in 2002.[6]
Personal life
[edit]Kwon is married to Leonard Lee, who is chairman of surgery at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital.[4] The couple have two daughters.[7]
Discography
[edit]- 1996 Yoon Kwon, Min Kwon / Min Kwon (works by Part, Brahms, de Falla, Gershwin, Kreisler)
- 2000 You and Me, Yoon and Min (works by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Copland, Schonfield)
- 2005 Concerto Extravaganza (works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Chopin, Grieg, Rachmaninoff)
- 2008 Schubert and Liszt (Schubert Sonata D 850, Schubert/Liszt Gretchen am Spinnrade, Liszt Gnomenreigen, Reminiscence de Don Juan)[8]
- 2010 Franz Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands (with Robert Lehrbaumer)[9]
- 2015 CME Presents: Piano Celebration Vol. I (works by Horowitz, Barber, Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Rzewski)[10]
- 2016 CME Presents: Piano Celebration Vol. II (works by Paul Real for four hands)[11]
- 2019 Dance![6]
References
[edit]- ^ Piano & keyboard: the bimonthly piano quarterly. String Letter Press. 1995. p. 19.
- ^ "Min Kwon | Mason Gross School of the Arts". www.masongross.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-29.
- ^ a b c d e Malafronte, Allison. "Min Kwon: Moving Music and Musicians Forward". Radiant Life. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ a b Finn, Jennifer (2021-06-29). "Pianist Enlists Top Composers in Salute to America". New Jersey Monthly. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ a b Gereben, Janos (22 February 2021). "Min Kwon Speaks of the Dream of America". San Francisco Classical Voice. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ a b c d e f "Biography". minkwon.net. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Pianist Min Kwon Taps 70 Composters to Paint Sonic Vision of America". All Arts. 1 July 2021. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "MS1263 - SCHUBERT: Sonata D.850; LISZT: Don Juan Fantasy, Gnomenreigen, Gretchen am Spinnrade; MIN KWON". MSR Classics. 2008-08-21. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
- ^ "Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Piano Celebration (Center for Musical Excellence, Vol. 1)". Apple Music. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "CME Presents: Piano Celebration Volume II Debut CD". The Center for Musical Excellence. 2017-07-29. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Faculty Profile at Mason Gross School, Rutgers University
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