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Yekwon Sunwoo - Cliburn GOLD is Classical IPR?s 'New Release of the Week'

Posted: August 22, 2017

On June 10 of this year, Yekwon Sunwoo became the 2017 gold medalist at the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. The Cliburn is held once every four years. It began in 1962 as a way to promote the careers of young artists (ages 18 to 30). Past winners include Olga Kern, Jon Nakamatsu, Radu Lupu and Cristina Ortiz.

Yekwon Sunwoo is 28 years old. He grew up in Seoul, South Korea and moved to the United States to study at the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, and the Mannes School of Music. He has performed with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.  Sunwoo began an international tour in July with this year's Cliburn Silver and Bronze medalists, Kenneth Broberg and Daniel Hsu. A new album featuring Sunwoo's performances from the competition is Classical IPR's New Release of the Week. 

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