Year of birth: 2003
Place of birth: Cheongju-Si
Educated in: Seoul
Place of residence: Seoul
(Plays in Seoul)

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Inho Gi performance.

Program

D. Scarlatti - Sonata in F Major, K. 6 F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 10 A. Skrjabin - Étude op. 42, no. 5 F. Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514  


Biography

Inho Gi was born in a family of artists in 2003. He graduated Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School and is currently a student of Heesung Joo at the Seoul National University. Inho Gi won numerous awards which includes Kukmin Daily & Hansei University Music Competition (1st prize), CBS Nationwide Teenagers Music Competition (1st prize), F. Chopin Competition in Korea (3rd prize), 4th Asia-Pacific International F. Chopin Piano Competition (3rd prize). He has performed with the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra (Cond. Antoni Wit), Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra, Prime Philharmonic Orchestra. He also participated in the New Paltz Summer Piano Festival with a full scholarship at the invitation of pianist Vladimir Feltsman. This year, he was selected for pianist Seong-Jin Cho's first masterclass.

 

Due to health reasons the candidates Shotaro Nishimura and Zixi Chen could not participate in the GPP 2022. They received the possibility to participate in this edition.

 

Candidates who withdrew from the competition:

Bily Robert
Deng Yubo
Durliat Gabriel
Guo Yungyung
Han Wenfang
Lee Shinyoung
Martinelli Riccardo
Park Chaeyoung
Thomazinho Lucas
Wang Jiapeng