Summer Piano Concert featuring pianist Soo Jung Kwon
Free
- Soo Jung Kwon, piano
- Steven R Mento, piano
- Katheryn Rubio, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Andante and Five Variations in G major for Piano, Four Hands, K. 501
Claude Debussy — Petite Suite, L. 65
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Overture to Die Zauberflöte ("The Magic Flute"), K. 620 (transc. for piano, four hands)
Dan Forrest — Selected works
The Nanum Concert Series and First Presbyterian Church are delighted to present an international concert with renowned pianist Soo Jung Kwon, recently appointed as the artist in Residence for 2023. The event will also feature Dr. Steven R Mento and beloved pianist Katheryn Rubio.
The concert will showcase Mozart's masterful four-hands pieces, the famous Overture from The Magic Flute, and Debussy's Petite Suite, promising to captivate the audience and distract them from the summer heat in Florida.
We warmly invite you to attend this exciting event and enjoy the cool atmosphere.
About Soo Jung Kwon, piano
International concert pianist SooJung Kwon has performed at concerts throughout the world, and has been awarded full scholarships to study and teach at some of the finest Universities in Germany, Leipzig, as well as the University of Miami, Lynn University, and Florida Atlantic University. A native of South Korea, Kwon currently resides in South Florida where she actively performs as both a solo and collaborative pianist and is currently promoting her Nanum (sharing) concert series "Faith, Hope, & Love" which showcases and promotes the healing and unifying powers of music.
Kwon received her master’s from Hochschule für Musik und Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Batholdy," one of the leading institutions for professional music education in Europe. There, she studied with Helmut Wees and specialized in chamber music. Kwon pursued additional studies with Felix Michael Deichmann at Folkwang Universität der Künste, and Paul Posnak at the University of Miami. SooJung Kwon's passion for collaboration has led her to work as a piano accompanist in the Leipzig Opera House under Conductor Riccardo Chailly and with the studios of Scott Flavin and Ross Harbaugh at the University of Miami.