{{Short description|South Korean pianist}} {{Eastern name order|Han Chi ho}} {{Infobox person | name = Chi Ho Han | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|1|19|df=yes}} | occupation = Pianist | module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto|child=yes | hangul = %한지호 | hanja = }} }}
'''Chi Ho Han''' ({{Korean|hangul=한지호}}; born 19 January 1992) is a South Korean pianist.
He has won the 10th Seoul International Music Competition,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seoulcompetition.com/re/en_sub61_2014.html|title=Seoul International Music Competition 2014|website=www.seoulcompetition.com|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-date=2016-04-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193621/http://www.seoulcompetition.com/re/en_sub61_2014.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 2nd Prize in ARD international music competition in Munich (with no 1st prize awarded)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.br.de/ard-music-competition/prize-winners/2014-prize-winners-100.html|title=ARD Music Competition : Prize Winners 2014|last=Rundfunk|first=Bayerischer|date=2014-09-15|website=www.br.de|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> and Silver Medal (2nd Prize) in Gina Bachauer international piano competition<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bachauer.com/announcements/2014-winners-of-the-artists-competition-announced.html|title=2014 Winners of the Artists Competition Announced|website=Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821060307/http://www.bachauer.com/announcements/2014-winners-of-the-artists-competition-announced.html#|archive-date=2016-08-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 2014, as well as 1st Prize and Audience Prize in the 11th Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany (2013), Géza Anda Prize in the 12th Concours Géza Anda<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geza-anda.ch/channel/Concours-G%25C3%25A9za-Anda-2012/1|title=Concours Géza Anda|website=www.geza-anda.ch|access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> in Zurich (2012), 2nd Prize and Audience Prize in the International Telekom Beethoven Piano Competition in Bonn<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de/en/laureates/2011/chi-ho-han|title=Chi Ho Han|website=Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118231112/http://www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de/en/laureates/2011/chi-ho-han|archive-date=2017-01-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2011), 2nd Prize and Special Prize in the Schubert International Piano Competition in Dortmund (2011), 3rd Prize in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mdw.ac.at/beethoven-competition/en/ruckblick/preistragerinnen/|title=Internationaler Beethoven Klavierwettbewerb - Prize Winners|website=www.mdw.ac.at|access-date=2016-06-03}}</ref> (2009), 4th prize in Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2016.
He has performed in Vienna (Musikverein), Munich (Herkulessaal), Zürich (Tonhalle), Dortmund (Klavier-Festival Ruhr), Beijing (Forbidden City Concerto Hall), Seoul, St Petersburg, and Tokyo and has played with orchestras such as the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, the [http://www.br-so.com/ Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks], the Münchener Kammerorchester, the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and a number of other orchestras in Germany, France, Korea and the United States.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.imkeb.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=1698&tab=102&rec=1838&frm=0|title=Chi Ho Han|website=www.imkeb.be|access-date=2016-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820180501/http://www.imkeb.be/cgi?lg=en&pag=1698&tab=102&rec=1838&frm=0|archive-date=2016-08-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Personal life == He studied in Seoul Arts High School with Jiae Kim and with Prof. Kyung Seun Pee.,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.bachauer.com/people/han-chi-ho|title=HAN, Chi Ho {{!}} Gina Bachauer|website=Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation|access-date=2016-06-13|archive-date=2016-04-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430165350/http://www.bachauer.com/people/han-chi-ho|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then he went to Germany and studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen with Prof. Arnulf von Arnim.<ref name=":1" /> He is now studying under Arie Vardi at the [http://www.hmtm-hannover.de/en/home/ Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover] and at the [http://www.comopianoacademy.org/ international Piano Academy Lake Como]<ref name=":0" />
==Awards== * 2009 – Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna - 3rd Prize * 2011 – Schubert International Piano Competition in Dortmund - 2nd Prize and Special Prize * 2011 – [https://web.archive.org/web/20170118230643/http://www.telekom-beethoven-competition.de/en International Telekom Beethoven Piano Competition] in Bonn- 2nd Prize and Audience Prize * 2012 – 12th [http://www.geza-anda.ch/ Concours Géza Anda] in Zurich - Géza Anda Prize * 2013 – 11th Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany - 1st Prize and Audience Prize * 2014 – 10th [http://www.seoulcompetition.com/re/en_sub61_2014.html Seoul International Music Competition] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407193621/http://www.seoulcompetition.com/re/en_sub61_2014.html |date=2016-04-07 }} - 1st Prize * 2014 – ARD International Music Competition in Munich - 2nd Prize (1st prize not awarded) * 2016 – Queen Elisabeth Competition - 4th Prize
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Chi-Ho}} Category:1992 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century South Korean pianists Category:Seoul Arts High School alumni Category:Folkwang University of the Arts alumni