Year of birth: 1998
Place of birth: Seoul
Educated in: Köln
Place of residence: Köln
(Plays in Seoul)
Watch Jeongjin Kim performance.
F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 10 S. Rachmaninov - Études-Tableaux op. 39, no. 9 B. Bartók - Im Freien
She graduated with the best grades from College of music at Seoul National University under Prof. Aviram Richert and is currently pursuing her Master degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz in Köln under Prof. Severin von Eckardstein, Prof. Claudio Martinez Mehner, Prof. Nina Tichman and Prof. Fabio Bidini. In 2023, she was chosen to receive the Steinway Förderpreis. She won the Campillos International Piano Competition and took a solo recital in Segovia, Spain. In 2022, she was also awarded the 2nd Prize and Special Prize for Jury award in the Verona International Piano Competition. Continuously, she won the 1st Prize in the Karlrobert Kreiten Klavierwettbewerb.
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