William Youn
Piano
The young Korean pianist William Youn is "a very special lyrical talent, a genuine poet" (Attila Csampai), whose "calm lyrical pondering develops an lavish life of its own, completely unforced, with sovereign, bravura technique of touch and attack" (Marco Frei). Youn initially began his career in the USA and Asia, and for several years he has also been developing his presence in Europe.
William Youn's projects include concertos with orchestras in world-class concert halls and festival appearances from Berlin to Seoul to New York. Youn enjoys close collaboration with Nils Mönkemeyer, David Orlowsky, Veronika Eberle, Sunhae Im, Nicola Benedetti, Ye-Eun Choi and the Kuss Quartet. Youn frequently performs on the fortepiano at festivals such as the Festival Mitte Europa and the Mozartfest Würzburg 2013. In addition, William Youn makes radio/television productions in Germany at the stations of the ARD, internationally at KBS Korea, in the USA at National Public Radio Boston and at the Czech Broadcasting Company.
The cosmopolitan Youn began his education in Korea; at age 13 he moved to America to the New England Conservatory in Boston and at 18 he moved on to the European continent, attending the Music Academy in Hannover as a member of the legendary piano class of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, and later of the class of Bernd Goetzke. As a stipend holder of the Lake Como Piano Academy, Youn worked regularly with artistic personalities such as Dmitri Bashkirov, Andreas Staier, William Grant Naboréand Menahem Pressler. William Youn has won a large number of international competitions (Cleveland International Piano Competition, Concorso Internazionale Alessandro Casagrande, Shanghai Piano Competition, Busoni Competition in Bozen and the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels). In 2011 he was honoured with the Bavarian State Award for the Advancement of the Arts in his adopted home city of Munich. Since 2012 Youn has also been committed to serving on the Advisory Council of the Wilhelm Kempff Cultural Foundation.
Translation: David Babcock
Photography: Irène Zandel
The artist's homepage: 
http://www.williamyoun.com
The young Korean pianist William Youn is "a very special lyrical talent, a genuine poet" (Attila Csampai), whose "calm lyrical pondering develops an lavish life of its own, completely unforced, with sovereign, bravura technique of touch and attack" (Marco Frei). Youn initially began his career in the USA and Asia, and for several years he has also been developing his presence in Europe.
William Youn's projects include concertos with orchestras in world-class concert halls and festival appearances from Berlin to Seoul to New York. Youn enjoys close collaboration with Nils Mönkemeyer, David Orlowsky, Veronika Eberle, Sunhae Im, Nicola Benedetti, Ye-Eun Choi and the Kuss Quartet. Youn frequently performs on the fortepiano at festivals such as the Festival Mitte Europa and the Mozartfest Würzburg 2013. In addition, William Youn makes radio/television productions in Germany at the stations of the ARD, internationally at KBS Korea, in the USA at National Public Radio Boston and at the Czech Broadcasting Company.
The cosmopolitan Youn began his education in Korea; at age 13 he moved to America to the New England Conservatory in Boston and at 18 he moved on to the European continent, attending the Music Academy in Hannover as a member of the legendary piano class of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, and later of the class of Bernd Goetzke. As a stipend holder of the Lake Como Piano Academy, Youn worked regularly with artistic personalities such as Dmitri Bashkirov, Andreas Staier, William Grant Naboréand Menahem Pressler. William Youn has won a large number of international competitions (Cleveland International Piano Competition, Concorso Internazionale Alessandro Casagrande, Shanghai Piano Competition, Busoni Competition in Bozen and the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels). In 2011 he was honoured with the Bavarian State Award for the Advancement of the Arts in his adopted home city of Munich. Since 2012 Youn has also been committed to serving on the Advisory Council of the Wilhelm Kempff Cultural Foundation.
Translation: David Babcock
Photography: Irène Zandel
The artist's homepage: http://www.williamyoun.com
CDs released by GENUIN
with William Youn
Widmungen
Werke von Schubert, Liszt, Schumann und Godowsky
William Youn Piano
Isabelle Catherine Vilmar Soprano
GEN 16416 – 8.4.2016