Woo-Gil Park

Background

Nationality Korean

Place of Birth Seoul

Date of Birth 5 April 1993

Prizes

2014 Third Prize: “Dr. Luis Sigall” International Music Competition (Chile)

2011 Grand Prize: Sungjung National Music Competition (South Korea)

2011 First Prize: Korea Frederic Chopin Piano Competition (South Korea)

2008 First Prize: Suri Music Competition (South Korea)

2009 First Prize: Teenager Piano Competition (South Korea)

Woo-Gil Park began his piano studies at the age of five. He graduated from the Seoul Arts High School in 2012 receiving the Piano Performance Excellence Award studying with Jung-Won Moon and Kyoung-Sook Lee at Yonsei University. He is currently studying with Professor Hyoung-Joon Chang at the Seoul National University.

He has performed with the Belgrade TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Viña del Mar Philharmonic Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in South Korea, Chile, Serbia and Romania. He has participated in master classes with Jacques Rouvier, Ian Hobson, Alexander Korsantia, Nelita True and Sofya Gulyak.

Gallery

2016 Competition Repertoire

Preliminary Round

Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Joseph Haydn: Sonata in D Major HobXVI:51

Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses Op.54

Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Alexander Scriabin: Piano Sonata No.3 in F♯ minor Op.23

Drammatico
Allegretto
Andante
Presto con fuoco

Carl Vine: Toccatissimo (2011)

Semi Final Round

Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita No.1 in B♭ Major BWV 825

Praeludium
Allemande
Corrente
Sarabande
Menuet I
Menuet II
Gigue

Frédéric Chopin:

Mazurka Op.56 No.3
Ballade No.3 in A♭ Major Op.47

Franz Liszt: Sonata in B minor S.183

Lento assai – Allegro energico – Grandioso – Recitativo – Andante sontsenuto – Quasi adagio – Allegro energico – Stretta quasi presto – Presto – Prestissimo – Andante sostenuto – Allegro moderato – Lento assai

Round 2: Accompaniment/Chamber Music

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano No.3 in D minor Op.108

Allegro
Adagio
Un poco presto e con sentimento
Presto agitato

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E♭ Major Op.44

Allegro brillante
In modo d’una marcia. Un poco largarmente
Scherzo: Molto vivace
Allegro ma non troppo

Final Round

Round 1: 18th Century Concerto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto No.23 in A Major K.488

Allegro
Adagio
Allegro assai

Round 2: 19th or 20th Century Concerto

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18

Moderato
Adagio sostenuto
Allegro scherzando