Jean Park

Jean Park is a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts at Stony Brook University, studying with Gilbert Kalish. She previously graduated from Manhattan School of Music completing the Master’s in Music degree in Piano Performance studying with Daniel Epstein and Andre Michel Schub. Jean also completed double bachelor degrees from the University of Washington both in piano studying with Regina Yeh, and also in Business with a double focus on International Business and Human Resources. Jean’s other principal teachers include Eteri Andjaparidze, Choong Mo Kang, Bela Siki, and Mary Toy.

Jean Park has competed in the Schubert Club’s Scholarship Competition twice, winning second place in the college division in 2009, and returning in 2013 to win first place in the graduate division. She has attended a number of music festivals such as Icicle Creek Winter Piano Festival, Playing for the Gold 2015 in Stavanger, Norway as part of the international chamber festival, Aurora Chamber Music and Masterclasses in Trollhättan, Sweden, Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, International Piano Masterclasses in Katowice, Poland, Round Top Music Festival, International Keyboard Institute and Festival, Hot Springs Music Festival, and National Music Festival. Some highlights include, while at the Hot Springs Music Festival, Jean performed Rhayader for piano and chamber orchestra in concert, with composer Eric Funk in attendance. At the Rebecca Penneys Piano Festival, Jean played a live solo performance that was broadcast on air on the WSMR RADIO and also in the ambassador concert series. She has performed in masterclasses for Rebecca Penneys, Enrico Elisi, Christopher Harding, Sean Duggan, Emanuel Krasovsky, Victor Rosenbaum, Boris Slutsky, Adam Wibrowski, Eugene Pridonoff, Andrzej Jasinski, Wojciech Switala, Ewa Poblocka and Asaf Zohar. She has also played with her chamber groups in masterclasses for Robert Mann and Colin Carr.