Wonny Song (born 1978) is a Canadian pianist.
Biography
Song was born in South Korea and grew up in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
. He began piano studies at the age of eight and received a full scholarship to Philadelphia's
Curtis Institute of Music in 1994. He earned a bachelor's degree from
Montreal University in 1998 and continued his studies with
Anton Kuerti
Anton Emil Kuerti, OC (born July 21, 1938) is an Austrian-born Canadian pianist, music teacher, composer, and conductor. He has developed international recognition as a solo pianist.[University of Toronto
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and at
The Glenn Gould School
The Glenn Gould School is a centre for the training of professional musicians in performance at post-secondary and post-bachelor levels in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The school was founded in 1987 and renamed in 1997 after the celebrated pianist, ...
with Marc Durand. He completed his doctoral studies at the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...
in 2004, studying with
Lydia Artymiw. He has also studied with
Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher (July 23, 1928 – August 2, 2020) was an American classical pianist, conductor and pedagogue. He was one of the most renowned pianists and pedagogues in the world. Music correspondent Elijah Ho called him "one of the most re ...
,
Jorge Chaminé
Jorge Chaminé (born 30 April 1956) is a Portuguese operatic baritone.
Biography
Of Spanish and Portuguese parentage, Chaminé was born in Porto. He began his musical studies (piano, voice, cello, guitar, choral and orchestra conducting) at a ...
and
Marie-Francoise Bucquet. He has performed as a soloist with the
Cincinnati Symphony
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, the
Peoria Symphony Orchestra, the
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra (french: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, or OSM) is a Canadian symphony orchestra based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The orchestra’s home is the Maison symphonique de Montréal, Montreal Symphony House at Plac ...
, the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
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, the
National Arts Centre Orchestra
The National Arts Centre Orchestra (NAC Orchestra) is a Canadian orchestra based in Ottawa, Ontario led by music director Alexander Shelley. The NAC Orchestra's primary concert venue is Southam Hall at the National Arts Centre. Since its incepti ...
and the EuroAsian Philharmonic Orchestra in
Korea
Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
and Thailand.
Song was director and director of artists-in-residence project of
Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts in Montreal from 2008 to 2020. Wonny Song has been appointed Artistic Director of Orford Music (formerly the Orford Arts Centre) in May 2015. Mr. Song officially assumed his position at the beginning of summer 2015, at which time he began to prepare the 2016 program.
Awards and recognitions
* 1994 – Gold Medal at the World Piano Competition, Cincinnati.
* 1995 – First Prize and Best Artistic Interpretation Prize at the Montreal Symphony Piano Competition.
* 1997 – Ludmila Knezkova Piano Competition, Nova Scotia.
* 2000 – First Elinor Bell Fellowship, University of Minnesota.
* 2001 – First and Grand Prize winner of the Minnesota Orchestra's WAMSO Competition.
* 2002 – Galaxy Rising Stars Award, Ottawa.
* 2003 – Prix d'Europe, Canada.
* 2010 – Young Canadian Musicians Award.
* Claire Tow Prize.
* Miriam Brody Aronson Prize.
* Fergus Orchestra Soloist Prize.
* Washington Performing Arts Society Prize.
* Saint Vincent College Concert Series Prize.
Discography
See also
*
Pianists
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*
Canadian classical music
*
Young Concert Artists
*
Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts
References
External links
Lambda School of Music and Fine ArtsFondation Père LindsayMooredale Concertsat
Zankel Hall, from ''
The New York Times
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1978 births
Living people
Canadian classical pianists
Canadian musicians of Korean descent
Musicians from Seoul
South Korean emigrants to Canada
University of Minnesota alumni
21st-century classical pianists