Dr. Mi - Jung Im,
gold medalist of the 1997 San Antonio International Piano competition, was born in Korea
and began studying piano at age four. At age six, she won the gold medal in the Korean
National Teachers Association competition and at age ten she was awarded first prize
in the Samik National Piano Competition. That same year, she also won the gold medal in
the National Childrens Song Composition competition in Korea, after which her
composition was nationally broadcast. Dr. Ims other competition successes include
taking first prize in both the Dong-A Piano Competition in Korea and in the Stony Brook
Concerto Competition in 1991 and winning the Artist International Audition in 1993 after
playing only the preliminary round. Dr. Im received her B.A. in music from Seoul National University in Korea and
came to the United States. She received her Masters degree in music from the
Juilliard School and earned her Doctorate of Music and Art from SUNY, Stony Brook. Her
concert career includes performances with the George Enescu Romanian Orchestra, the Sliven
Philharmonic of Bulgaria, the Los Angeles Youth Symphony, the Stony Brook Orchestra, the
Korean Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul National University Orchestra and the
Seoul City Orchestra. Dr. Im has also given recitals at Carnegie Recital Hall, Lincoln
Center, and Symphony Space in New York City and at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
as well as in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and Salzburg, Austria. She has toured
extensively throughout the Far East, including three concert tours and numerous master
classes. Dr. Im gave numerous concerts both in the United States and Korea premiering many
piano works by her husband, Dr. Yoon-il Auh. During year 2000-02, Dr. Im is scheduled to
perform in North Korea performing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto in B-flat Major and will give
a complete Beethoven Sonata lecture recital in South Korea.
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