Year of birth: 1995
Place of birth: Seoul
Educated in: Salzburg
Place of residence: Essen
(Plays in Seoul)

Finalist of the 65th Ferruccio Busoni
International Piano Competition

November 2024 Preselections

Watch Jaeyoung Lee performance.

Program

F. Chopin - Étude op. 10, no. 4 G. Ligeti - Etude No. 10, "Zauberlehrling" F. Liszt - Totentanz, S. 525  


Biography

Jaeyoung Lee began his piano studies at the age of six, graduated from Seoul National University, University Mozarteum Salzburg and is currently studying at Folkwang Essen University with Prof. Hisako Kawamura. He is Prizewinner in various International Competitions: International Prague Spring Competition (2021), Lyon International Piano Competition, "Classic Pianoā€¯ International Piano Competition in Dubai (2021), "Classic on Danube" International Piano Competition in Vienna (2023), 1st Grand prize winner of Seong-Jeong Music Competition and Suri Music Competition in Korea and he had prizes such as Asia-Korea Piano Open Competition, Ihwa-Gyeonghyang Competition in Korea. The pianist performed with many orchestras such as Prague Philharmonia, Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, etc.

 

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