Pianist Hee-Kyung Juhn was trained at The Juilliard School (MM), Indiana University (DM), and University of Michigan. Her teachers include Leonard Hokanson (a pupil of Artur Schnabel), Arthur Greene, Martin Canin, and collaborative pianists Martin Katz, Marshall Williamson and Jonathan Feldman.
As a soloist, Hee-Kyung has appeared with New York Classical Players, Pine Bluff Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de la Ciudad de Asunción, among others, and has recorded Goldberg Variations by J. S. Bach on MSR Classics. The American Record Guide noted her playing as “sensitive and imaginative,” the Gramophone wrote “her acumen for voice-leading lends impressive clarity.” The New York Concert Review called Juhn "a top notch, superb pianist, technically brilliant…subtle."
As a chamber musician and collaborative pianist, Hee-Kyung has performed in venues such as Seoul Arts Center, Kumho and Sejong Cultural Center in Seoul, Teatro Municipal in Asunción, Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, Paul Hall in New York, Sydney Opera House, etc. She has also worked as an opera coach, staff accompanist, and a church musician (organist and choir master) in various churches in California and Arkansas. She has taught in universities for 17 years (University of California in Santa Barbara and Henderson State University in Arkansas), and has served as the faculty pianist at the Great Mountains International Music Festival in South Korea, Martina Arroyo Foundation, Inc. in New York City, and the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara. In 2019, she has joined the artist faculty at BayView Summer Music Festival in Michigan. Dr. Juhn is currently the music director at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Little Rock.
Requirements
- Fee
- $800 - $4,000, depending on program and distance to travel.
- Time Availability
- Year-round