Yoonie Han

         A Clinical Associate Professor of Arts at NYU Shanghai, Dr. Yoonie Han was honored with the Gawon International Music Award and Korean Ministry of Culture as the “most brilliant pianist who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence.” She is the first-prize winner of the Washington International Piano Competition, World Piano Competition, Korea National Music Competition, Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, Fulbright Concerto Competition, Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer Piano Competition, Juilliard’s Frederich Nordmann Piano Competition, Juilliard’s Chopin Piano Competition, Juilliard Mozart Piano Concerto Competition, Music Teachers’ National Association Piano Competition, and has garnered major
prizes at the Helsinki Maj Lind International Piano Competition, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize, Concorso Pianistico Ettore Pozzoli Internaziole, and Valencia International Piano Competitions. She is the recipient of “Brava!” award given by the Italian Academy Foundation, as well as an award from London keyboard trust.                                                                                       

         Having made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Seoul Arts Center at age 13, Dr. Han has since performed with the Berliner Symphoniker, Buffalo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Miami Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, Juilliard Symphony, New Jersey Festival, New Amsterdam, Presidential Symphony of Turkey, Hong Kong City Chamber, Hong Kong SAR Philharmonic, Gangnam Symphony in Korea, and Banff Festival Orchestras. She has played at such celebrated venues as at the Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw, Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Frick Collection, Symphony Space, Tanglewood Festival, Bergamo Festival in Italy, Salle Cortot in Paris, Hong Kong City Hall, and Sejong Performing Arts Center in Korea. In 2012-13, with the supports from Fulbright Foundation, she toured major Steinway Halls in the U.S. and Europe. Her debut album was released on Concert Artists label (2013), she has released three albums with Steinway Records: ‘Love and Longing’ (2014), ‘Goyescas’ (2017), ‘Le Rossignol Éperdu’ (2019), an album on Universal Music Group ‘Hollywood Romance’ (2020), and ‘Gloriosa Piano Trio’ (2019) on Centaur Records label. Her Khachaturian Piano Concerto with London Symphony Orchestra will be released on Universal Music Group label in 2025.

         Dr. Han received her Bachelor’s degree from the Curtis Institute of Music, her Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School, pursued her Artistic Diploma from the University of Montreal, and completed her Doctorate from Stony Brook University. She was an Assistant Professor of Piano and Artistic Events Coordinator at Bilkent University in Turkey in 2015-18, and an Assistant Professor of Piano at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018-23. Dr. Han is the founder and executive director of Istanbul International Piano Festival and Steinway Prize.

        Yoonie Han is a Steinway Artist and Steinway Honorary Teacher.