Pianist Klara Min is a musician of eloquence and impassioned fire whose performance is most defined by its beauty of tone and sensitivity. Her performances have been praised by New York Concert Review as “ a lovely, nuanced tone, genuine expressiveness, excellent technique, exuberance and vitality” and by Przeglad Polski as “ a beautiful, rich sound and splendid vitality”. Cincinnati Enquirer describes her as “ although she is petite, she has steely nerves.” A native of South Korea, Ms. Min has been concertizing in North America, Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy and her native South Korea in such venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, Barge Music, Gasteig Hall in Munich, Berlin Philharmonie Hall in Berlin, Germany and KBS Broadcast hall in Seoul, Korea. Ms. Min has performed with Jupiter Symphony, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, New York Sinfonietta, American Chamber Orchestra and Seoul Symphony Orchestra, and her performance of Chopin E minor Piano Concerto has been broadcast nationwide on SBS TV Channel Network in South Korea.
Ms. Min is a recipient of Samsung scholarship.Competition prizes have included a Grand Prize at the IBLA Grand Prize International Competition, Best Performance of Mozart at the Viotti-Valsesia International Piano Competition in Italy and a top prize at the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. Recent performance highlights have included performances of Schumann Concerto with Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra in Alaska, Beethoven First Piano Concerto with Das Symphonieorchestre at Berlin Philharmonie Hall, Mozart D minor Concerto K466 with Munich Kammerphilharmonie dacapo in Germany and Liszt Second Piano Concerto with Armenian Philharmonic. Ms. Min will give a solo recital at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts Series in Chicago to be live broadcast on WFMT radio station.
In July 2011, Ms. Min’s recording of solo works by Korean composers will be released on NAXOS lable.
Ms. Min is a Yamaha Artist.