An intimate evening of world-class classical piano, drinks, and dessert
You are invited to a private recital by the winner of 2022 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Chaeyoung Park, in our home in New York City.
Following the recital will be a reception with the chance to meet and chat with Chaeyoung and each other over drinks and dessert.
Friday, January 27 — doors open at 7pm — recital starts 7:30pm — drinks and dessert reception with the pianist afterwards until about 10:30pm at our apartment near Broadway and 29th Street in Manhattan. For photos/videos of previous Lilacs events, see here.
To RSVP, go to the Eventbrite page here. As always, 100% of the proceeds will go to the pianist.
About Chaeyoung
Chaeyoung Park has been praised as a passionate pianist who “does not play a single note without thought or feeling.” (New York Concert Review). Embracing a broad range of the classical music literature, her programs feature works ranging from the early French Baroque by Rameau, to Beethoven sonatas, to new music by living composers including South Korean classical composer, Unsuk Chin.
As winner of the 2019 Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Chaeyoung is the first female Korean pianist to receive First Place in the history of the competition. She subsequently presented her solo recital debut at Carnegie and performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra.
While pursuing the Bachelor of Music degree at the Juilliard School, Chaeyoung was awarded the prestigious Gina Bachauer Scholarship. For her Master of Music degree, she was named a Kovner Fellow, a merit-based fellowship, and was also awarded the Arthur Rubinstein Prize, given to the outstanding graduating pianist. Currently, she is an Artist Diploma candidate under the tutelage of Robert McDonald.
South Korean-born, and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, since age ten, Chaeyoung travels frequently to visit her family and two cats from New York City, where she is currently based. First Prize winner of the 2022 Susan Wadsworth Young Concert Artists International Auditions, she is managed worldwide by Young Concert Artists.
The program
R. Schumann – Arabeske, Op. 18
Unsuk Chin – Etude No. 1 “In C” and Etude No. 5 “Toccata”
L. Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat major, Op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)