BIOGRAPHY

Pianist Seonju Jo, was born in 1996, South Korea. Back in her childhood, she has been into listening to many songs and singing them. she happened to hear the music that played from the piano academy next to her kindergarten. The music attracted her, and finally, she has learned to play the piano. It was the biggest pleasure to play the songs which she likes when she was a child.

 

Since then, she decided to go to art middle school where she can learn about the piano more specifically. she had her first solo recital on the international stage in TIMF (Tongyeong International Music Festival) Fringe Concert in South Korea.  She was the youngest participant who held own recital at this concert. After that, she attended an art high school and got a good chance that she could be taught by good teachers.  And that time, she had a chance to perform on the stage as a winner of Han-eum music competition in Seoul, South Korea. Also, she played Schumann Concerto Op.54 with Busan Youth Orchestra.

 

She has graduated bachelor's degree in Pusan National University (summa cum laude). Not only did her professor treats her as an individual and the study on her major was very full of contents, but also the college offered lots of environment that students can study about the academic field of piano performance. She had a good reputation in several competition and festival. (Minnesota piano camp held by University of Minnesota, as a Semifinalist in International Keyboard Odyssaid Festival, 1st prize in Wonderkeys international piano competition, 2nd prize Kings Peak international competition, and extra). She also selected as presenter in the poster session in the 2023 MTNA national conference. The topic was that "Raising professional pianists through piano repertoire from young beginner to intermediate stages". And she is planning to graduate in piano performance major for her MM degree and continue to study her DMA degree and work as Teaching assistant at University of Texas at Austin with Professor Gregory Allen.

 

 

She has taught lots of students for a long time in South Korea, and she has various teaching experiences in University of Texas at Austin from young students to advanced students. Now, she is a pianist, accompanist and instructor in South Korea, United States.