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Pianist Min Jeong graduated from the College of Music at Seoul National University, after attending Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School. She subsequently completed her master's and doctoral programs at the same university on a full scholarship, and then moved to Germany to graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with the highest performer qualification (Konzertexamen). Min Jeong who received high praise from the German media Sȕdkurier as a "true virtuoso on the keyboard," distinguished herself early on by winning numerous prestigious competitions in Korea, including the silver prize at the KBS Seoul New Music Competition, the Eumyeon Piano Competition, the Samick Piano Competition, the Hanjeon Art Center Competition, the Nanpa Music Competition, and the Teenager Piano Competition. After moving to Germany, she won all the top prizes in the Scriabin International Competition, the Valeria Martina International Competition, the Paduar International Competition, and The Muse International Competition. She also achieved top rankings and won the Grand Prix Maria Callas and special awards in several international competitions, including the Milano Spazio Teatro 89 International Competition, the Sydney Southern Highlands International Competition, and the Germany Haveland Festival International Competition, thereby gaining recognition for her outstanding musical talent on the international stage.

 

Min Jeong has collaborated with numerous distinguished orchestras both domesically and internationally. She won the Seoul National University Concerto Competition and performed at the Seoul National University regular concert held at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall. She has also performed with the Netherlands Orchestra, the Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Germany Brandenburg Orchestra, the New York Uruk Orchestra, the Italian Silesian Strings, the Amadeus Ensemble, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, the Gyeonggi Philharmonic, the Chungbuk Provincial Symphony Orchestra, and the Seoul National University Korean Music Orchestra, among others.In addition to her domestic performances at the Chosun Ilbo New Music Concert, the Youth Music Festival, and the Tongyeong International Music Festival, Min Jeong made her debut at Merkin Hall in New York and subsequently toured five U.S. cities at the invitation of the Seoul National University Alumni Association. She has been invited to perform in various regions across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. Her notable performances include the Berlin Philharmonie New Artist Series, the Excellent Concert sponsored by Daniel Barenboim, the Messiaen 100th Anniversary Concert, the Mendelssohn Memorial Concert, and solo recitals at the Berlin Steinway House, the solo recital series Jour Fixe: Musik am Nachmittag, the La grande Musica a Maso Spilzi Festival in Italy, the Primavera Pianistica Festival in Belgium, the Northwest German Philharmonic Summer Festival, the Qingdao International Music Festival in China, and the Halong Bay International Music Festival.

 

Min Jeong has also been actively performing chamber music both domestically and internationally. She has participated in various domestic concerts, including Beautiful Thursday at Kumho Art Hall, Rush Hour Concert at LG Arts Center, Matinee Concert at Seongnam Arts Center, the Seoul Spring Chamber Music Festival, the Tongyeong International Music Festival, and the Jirisan International Music Festival. She has also performed in numerous international chamber music concerts, including an invited performance with the Basel Symphony Orchestra in Switzerland and the Klangspuren Contemporary Music Festival in Austria. Since 2005, Min Jeong has expanded her musical repertoire in the field of contemporary music as a guest member of the Ensemble TIMF. She has performed in various contemporary music concerts, including the Contemporary Music Festival with Sukhee Kang, the Korea Chamber Music Composition Festival, and the Isang Yun 100th Anniversary Concert. In 2017, she planned and performed a piano solo recital "Dance on the Piano" with a ballerina, which was selected as a Zebra Project winner supported by the Seoul National University Alumni Association. She has also expanded her performance range by exploring new themes, such as collaborating on a chamber music performance themed on Korea's Arirang with an alphorn (a traditional German instrument) and a clarinet in Munich, Germany.

 

Currently, Min Jeong is an active member of the Ensemble TIMF and serves as an invited professor at Wonkwang University.

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