Soo Jung Ann (; born 15 September 1987) is a South Korean pianist from

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. Ann was born to a musical family and started playing the piano at the age of six. Ann received her bachelor's degree from the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul. She completed John O'Conor's postgraduate course at the

Royal Irish Academy of Music The Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) in Dublin, Ireland, is one of Europe's oldest music conservatoires, specialising in classical music and the Irish harp. It is located in a Georgian building on Westland Row in Dublin. An institution which ...

and is pursuing a doctoral degree there, while also studying under

Pavel Gililov Pavel Lvovich Gililov (russian: Павел Львович Гилилов; born 23 June 1950) is a Russian classical pianist who has held German citizenship since 2003. Life Born in Donezk, Gililov's musical talent was discovered by the Russi ...

at the

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. Ann has won several awards in international competitions. She received seventh place in the International Piano Competition in Hamamatsu and third prize in the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition in 2009. Ann attended the 15th, 16th, and 17th

International Chopin Piano Competition The International Chopin Piano Competition ( pl, Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im. Fryderyka Chopina), often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held ev ...

s in 2005, 2010, and 2015, respectively, and attained the second stage in 2005 and 2015. In 2012, she won the 58th

Maria Canals International Music Competition The Maria Canals International Music Competition ( ca, Concurs Internacional de Música Maria Canals Barcelona, ) is a music competition held yearly in the Palau de la Música Catalana, Barcelona. It was founded as a piano competition in 1954, but ...

in Barcelona, and a year later, Ann became the first woman to win the . Norwegian pianist in a comment on Ann's performance of Beethovens 4th Piano Concerto in the finale in

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, praised her "tenderness, power and big virtuosity". Ann has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Asia as well as in

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and

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. She has also performed at the

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in the United States.

Prizes and awards

* International Piano Competition in Hamamatsu, 6th prize * AXA Dublin International Piano Competition, third prize * 2011

Hong Kong International Piano Competition The Hong Kong International Piano Competition was first held in 2005. It is organized by the Chopin Society of Hong Kong. Its Honorary President, Vladimir Ashkenazy, serving as the jury's chairman. The Hong Kong International Piano Competition is ...

, fourth prize * 58th International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona, 2012, first prize * 2013 , first prize

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ann, Soo Jung Living people 1987 births Korea National University of Arts alumni South Korean musicians South Korean pianists South Korean women pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century women pianists