- Jeanne You
Infobox Korean name
hangul=유지연
hanja=
rr=Yu Ji-yeon
mr=Yu Chi-yŏnJeanne You, also You Ji-yeoun, (born
August 23 ,1978 inYeosu ) is aSouth Korea n classical pianist.Education and professional career
She began studying the piano at the age of five. After attending Yewon Art School in Seoul she became a student of Laszlo Simon at the
Berlin University of the Arts and continued her studies with Klaus Bäßler and Georg Sava at theHochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler . In 2005 she graduated with the degree of "Konzertexamen". She attended masterclasses withDaniel Barenboim ,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau , Klaus Hellwig, Hans Leygraf,Menahem Pressler , andEliso Virsaladze . Since September 2006 she has taught at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden.Awards
*1995: 2nd Prize, Göttingen International Chopin Competition
*1997: 4nd Prize, Konzerteum International Piano Competition
*2000: 3rd Prize, 51stViotti International Music Competition
*2001: 3rd Prize, 8th International Johannes Brahms Competition
*2004: 1st Prize, 2nd Berlin Pianoforte Competition
*2004: 1st Prize, International Young Musicians Platform BromsgrovePerforming career
Jeanne You has performed widely in Germany, the UK and Korea. In 2007 she appeared inthe Salle Gaveau in Paris, in 2006 at the Musica Nova Festival in Glasgow and in 2005 at the Bolzano Piano Festival. In summer 2007 she performed Fantasies and Dances of the 19th century virtuoso Charles Voss at his birthplace in Schmarsow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
See also
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List of classical pianists External links
* [http://www.kschmidtberlin.de/Ji-Yeoun_You/ji-yeoun_you.html Homepage of J.You ]
* [http://www.hfm-berlin.de/Ji-Yeoun_You.html entry at HfM Hanns Eisler]
* [http://2007.brahmscompetition.org/?page_id=40&lang=en entry at International Johannes Brahms Competition 2001]
* [http://www.fmcim.org/comp/laur_view.php?lang=en&laur_id=1283&comp_id=235&menu=1 entry in World Federation of International Music Competitions,Geneva]
* [http://2004.bolzanofestivalbozen.it/news.asp?LAN=DE entry at the Bolzano Piano Festival 2004]
* [http://home.arcor.de/presse-hfm/renate_schorler_stiftung/ entry at 2. Berlin Pianoforte Competition]
* [http://bromsgrovefestival.co.uk/7.html International Young Musicians Platform Bromsgrove]
* [http://www.hfmdd.de/index.php?id=820 Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber Dresden]
* [http://www.music.gla.ac.uk/musicanova/index.html Musica Nova Festival]
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