HYOJIN SHIN – SOUTH KOREA (27)

South Korean pianist Hyojin Shin has appeared as a soloist in several countries, including South Korea, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Israel, the United States, and Morocco, on four continents. Since her orchestral debut at the age of 12 with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Shin has performed with the Bazzini Consort Orchestra, the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, and the Miami Chamber Orchestra, among others. She recently won first prize and the Audience Prize at the Lyon International Piano Competition and the Sascha Gorodnitzki Discretionary Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition in 2024.  

Her international accomplishments began with winning second prize at the Jacob Flier International Piano Competition in 2022. In 2023, Shin won first prize and the Best Performance prize for an Ibero-American composition at the Teresa Carreño Master International Piano Competition and third prize at the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Competition. Shin was a recipient of the Evelyn Bonar Storrs Piano Scholarship in 2022 and 2023. 

 Shin earned her bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University, where she studied with Aviram Reichert. Shin received a Master of Music degree and a Master of Musical Arts degree from the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Boris Slutsky, where she was awarded the Elizabeth Parisot Prize for outstanding pianists in the School of Music.  

Shin is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Yoshikazu Nagai.