Jiwon Jung
About
15 years old, Republic of Korea
Jiwon Jung is studying at Ye Won School and Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA). In 2015 he participated as a scholar in th Great Mountains and Music Festival and School (GMMFS). He is a participant as a scholar in Fine Artists International Mentoring and Education (FAIME) (Munich, Germany). He is also a scholar of Hyundai Automobile Foundation.
In 2014 he was selected as one of 12 prodigies around the world in Allianz - Lang Lang Junior Music Camp (Barcelona, Spain). First Korean Music Ambassador of Lang Lang International Music Foundation. He is scholar of Samsung Cultural Foundation. In 2014 he performed with Lang Lang at La Auditori in Barcelona, Spain.
He was a special laureate for the perfect performance of a piece by contemporary composers in the 9th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, the youngest 2nd prize laureate of junior division in the 3rd Asia-Pacific International F. Chopin Piano Competition, the 24th Sung Jung Music Concours 1st prize winner, the 2nd prize: Ewha-Kyung Hyang Concours, Korea Steinway Concours, Korea Daily Newspaper Concours, Chung Ang University Concours.