Hakyong Kelly Park

A native of Seoul, South Korea, Hakyong Kelly Park began her piano studies at the age of three. She moved to the United States in 2011 and has since performed in major cities in both countries. 

As a performer, Ms. Park has accepted invitations to perform in recitals and conduct master classes in Suzhou, China. She finished a recital tour in Connecticut as the winner of the Connecticut Young Artist Piano Competition. She has also performed in master classes for such artists as Boris Slutsky, Alexander Kobrin, HaeSun Paik, Logan Skelton, Min Kwon, Marilyn Nonken, Florence Millet, and Simone Dinnerstein. 

Ms. Park has participated in the Mannes Beethoven Institute, studying with Robert McDonald and Benjamin Hochman. She has performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 at Frederick Loewe Theatre in New York as the Winner of the Steinhardt Concerto Competition, and has also performed in many Piano Recital Series in New York City.

Outside of the United States, Ms. Park was the prize winner of numerous Korean competitions, including the Eum-Youn Competition, Suri Competition, Seoul City Competition, An-Yang Competition, Kyung-Won Competition, and the Music Journal Competition. She has performed at the Seoul Arts Center (Concert Hall), Korea’s preeminent concert venue, as the winner of the Kaywon Concerto Competition. Also, a chamber musician, Ms. Park has worked with violist Rainer Moog, Principal Violist of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Ms. Park has taught at New York University Steinhardt as Adjunct Faculty in Piano Studies. At George Mason University, she has been a recipient of the Friends of Music at Mason Scholarship Award and the Monson Endowment Scholarship Award. In 2018, Ms. Park was selected as a winner of Mason’s Concerto Competition, where she performed Beethoven’s 3rd Piano Concerto with the Mason Symphony Orchestra.

Ms. Hakyong Kelly Park is a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at George Mason University, studying with Dr. Linda Apple Monson. She earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) under Dr. Young-Ho Kim and Dr. Hyunjung Kim, and a Master of Music degree from The Hartt School of Music (Connecticut) under Dr. Paul Rutman, where she was a collaborative pianist. She has also earned an Advanced Certificate from New York University Steinhardt, where she studied with Eduardus Halim, the last student of Vladimir Horowitz.