Year of birth: 2000
Place of birth: Seoul
Educated in: Seoul
Place of residence: Incheon
(Plays in Seoul)
Watch Jae Sung Bae performance.
F. Liszt - Études d'exécution transcendante, S. 139: no. 8 "Wilde Jagd" S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 33, no. 3 M. Balakirev - Islamey: Oriental Fantasy, op. 18
Pianist Bae Jae-sung graduated from Sunhwa Arts Middle School and Sunhwa Arts High School as valedictorian. He is currently in the third grade of the Korea National University of Arts and is studying with Prof. Sohn Min-soo, Lee Hyo-joo. He won the grand prize at the Kbs KEPCO Competition, Auditions for Concerto in Hyupseong and Ewha Kyunghyang Competition. Debuting with Kumho Prodigy Concert, he played with school orchestra at the regular concert of Seonhwa Arts Middle School and Seonhwa Arts High School, and performed at the silver jubilee concert of the Korea National University of Arts "Piano Orchestra Concert" and Beethoven Piano Sonata Series "Sturm und Drang".
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