A graduate of the University of Cincinnati (Prof. Piotr Milewski’s class) and Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin (Prof. Antje Weithaas’ class). Participant of Kronberg Academy’s Young Soloist program.
Hyeyoon made her orchestral debut at the age of nine with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. At the age of seventeen, she became the youngest ever first prize winner of the ARD International Music Competition in Munich. At the age of twenty she received the London Music Masters Award in 2012, which led to numerous concerts in prominent venues throughout the UK.
She has worked with London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, hr-Sinfonieorchester Frankfurt, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Mariinsky Orchestra St. Petersburg, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Belgium and Wiener KammerOrchester.
She has given recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Tonhalle Zurich, Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Rheingau Musik Festival, Musical Olympus Festival and Les Violons de la Paix. As a chamber musician she has collaborated with Gidon Kremer, Andras Schiff, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Yuri Bashmet, Lars Vogt, Daniel Hope, Alban Gerhardt, Jan Vogler, Florian Uhlig, Huw Watkins and Benjamin Grosvenor.
