{{family name hatnote|Han||lang=Korean}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Yoonie Han | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = Yoonjung Han - Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition competitor - Fort Worth, Texas - 2009 06 07.jpg | image_size = 350 | landscape = yes | alt = | caption = Yoonie Han | birth_name = Yoonjung Han | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|1|12}} | birth_place = South Korea | origin = New York City, New York, United States | death_date = | death_place = | genre = Classical | occupation = Pianist, professor, entertainer | instrument = Piano | years_active = 1998-present | label =Steinway & Sons, Universal Music Group, Centaur, Concert Artists Guild | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|https://www.yooniehan.com/}} }} {{Infobox Korean name/auto|hangul=%한윤정|hanja=韓侖廷}}

thumb|Yoonie Han at her concert at Sejong Arts Center, S.Korea '''Yoonjung''' "'''Yoonie'''" '''Han''' (born January 12, 1985, in South Korea<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://majlind.yle.fi/node/142|title=Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition 2007 - The competitors - Han Yoonjung|website=Majlind.yle.fi}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pianotexas.org/2005/youngartists_participants.asp#Han|title=2005 TCU Cliburn Institute|website=Pianotexas.org|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=November 19, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181119232346/http://www.pianotexas.org/2005/youngartists_participants.asp#Han|url-status=dead}}</ref>) is a South Korean-born American classical pianist.

==Education== {| class="wikitable" |- | State University of New York Stony Brook (Stony Brook, NY)<br /> Doctor of Musical Arts || 2016 |- | Université de Montréal (Montréal, Canada) <br /> Artist Diploma || 2011 |- | The Juilliard School (New York, NY) <br /> Master of Music || 2009 |- | The Curtis Institute of Music (Philadelphia, PA) <br /> Bachelor of Music || 2007 |- | The Juilliard School Pre-College (New York, NY) || 2003 |}

Principal teachers: Robert McDonald, Eleanor Sokoloff, Eduardus Halim, Jean Saulnier, Victoria Mushkatkol

==Teaching== Academic positions: * Assistant professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong (2018–present) * Assistant professor, Bilkent University, Turkey (2015–2018) * Piano faculty, Lambda School of Music and Fine Arts, Canada, (2010–2011)

University masterclasses and seminars: * Harvard University * Baruch College, The City University of New York<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/|title=Baruch College - The City University of New York (CUNY)|website=Baruch.cuny.edu}}</ref> * Stony Brook University, State University of New York<ref>{{Cite web|last=Communications|first=Stony Brook Office of|title=Stony Brook University|url=https://www.stonybrook.edu/|website=Stonybrook.edu}}</ref> * California State University Sacramento<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/|title=Sacramento State|website=Csus.edu}}</ref> * San Francisco Conservatory * New York University * Amalfi Coast Music Festival<ref name="Amalfi Coast Music Festival">{{Cite web|url=https://www.amalfi-festival.org/|title=Amalfi music and arts festival &#124; Amalfi festival|website=amalfi-festival}}</ref> * AmiCa Piano Festival<ref name="AmiCa Piano Festival">{{Cite web|url=https://amicafest.com/|title=AmiCaFest: A Beat of Sicily!|website=AmiCaFest: A Beat of Sicily!}}</ref> * Boston University * New Jersey City University<ref name="New Jersey City University">{{Cite web|url=https://www.njcu.edu/|title=Home &#124; New Jersey City University|website=Njcu.edu}}</ref> * Emory University * San Francisco State University<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com.tr/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=sfsu+yoonie+han&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=Y9qWWMncO6zY8Ae-mprADQ|title=sfsu yoonie han - Google Search|website=Google.com.tr}}</ref> * Shorter University * College of William and Mary * Lunigiana International Music Festival * Music Fest Perugia * University of North Florida<ref name="University of North Florida">{{Cite web|url=https://www.unf.edu/|title=University of North Florida|website=Unf.edu}}</ref> * Western New Mexico University<ref name="Western New Mexico University">{{Cite web|url=https://wnmu.edu/|title=Home|website=Western New Mexico University}}</ref> * Washington International Piano Competition * University of North Dakota * Georgia SouthWestern State University<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com.tr/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=georgia+southwestern+state+university&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&gfe_rd=cr&ei=T-OWWLfMNpPd8AeL2ZuADg|title=georgia southwestern state university - Google Search|website=Google.com.tr}}</ref> * Oxford College, Emory University<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://oxford.emory.edu/index.html|title=Oxford College &#124; Emory University &#124; Oxford College &#124; Emory University|website=oxford.emory.edu}}</ref> * University of Arkansas

==Career== Han's first competitive performance was at age 13, in the Seoul Philharmonic Concerto competition, which she won. This was followed by many more such engagements.<ref>Ward, Charles. [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ent/arts/classicalmusic/5823480.html "2008 Ima Hogg National Young Artist Competition: The final four"], ''Houston Chronicle'' (June 6, 2008).</ref> In 2010, music critic Jon Sobel wrote that she would likely be among the premier young pianists of the decade, "one of those natural-born performers who become one with the instrument—not trying to surmount it, as a more showy pianist might, but rather losing herself in the music like an actor merging magnetically with a role."<ref>Sobel, John. [http://www.seattlepi.com/pop/428072_145775-blogcritics.org.html "Music Review: Yoonjung Han Plays Chopin and Mompou"], ''Seattle Post Intelligencer'' (October 6, 2010).</ref> Han has also enjoyed special sponsorships from Roche Bobois,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roche-bobois.com/en-KW|title=Roche Bobois Paris - Interior design & Contemporary furniture|website=Roche-bobois.com}}</ref> the Paris-based international retailer of fine furniture; Breguet,<ref name="Breguet">{{Cite web|url=https://www.breguet.com/en|title=Breguet &#124; Swiss Luxury Watches - since 1775|website=Breguet.com}}</ref> France's leading maker of luxury timepieces, and Dolce & Gabbana,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dolcegabbana.com/|title=Startpage|website=Dolce & Gabbana}}</ref> the Italian fashion house, which has supplied gowns for her concerts.

Han's most recent album, ''Hollywood Romance'' (2020), featuring classical piano pieces from Hollywood Golden Age films, was released on Universal Music Group label. Han recorded three albums on the Steinway & Sons label.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|title=Steinway & Sons|url=http://www.steinway.com/|website=Steinway.com}}</ref> The first album, ''Love and Longing'' (2014)<ref name="Love and Longing">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-and-longing-mw0002658975|title=Love and Longing - Yoonie Han &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}</ref> was quickly raised on the Classical ''Billboard'' chart and was nominated as "Album of the Week"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/new-releases-yannick-nezet-seguin-yoonie-han-and-pallade-musica|title=New Releases: Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Yoonie Han and Pallade Musica &#124; Albums of the Week|website=Wqxr.org|date=May 25, 2014 }}</ref> on WQXR. Her second album with Steinway & Sons was released in 2017, Enrique Granados' complete ''Goyescas'' to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. The album features Black Duchess of Alba of Francisco Goya. Her third album with Steinway & Sons presents the complete ''Le Rossignol Éperdu: 53 Piano Poems'' (2019) by Reynaldo Hahn. Her other albums include ''Debut'' (2013) on Concert Artists Guild label, ''Gloriosa Trio'' (2019) on the Centaur Records label, and ''Liszt on Steinway'' (2017), ''Prokofiev on Steinway'' (2017), and ''Steinway Piano Chilling'' (2017) on the Steinway & Sons label.

She was an assistant professor at Bilkent University in Turkey from 2015 to 2018. Currently she is an assistant professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. Han is a Steinway & Sons concert and recording artist as well as a Steinway Honorary Teacher.

===1998–2008=== At age thirteen, Han made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Sejong Concert Hall, playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto Number 3 in C minor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.instantencore.com/Core/bio.aspx?CId=5131775|title=InstantEncore - Yoonjung Han, piano biography|website=Instantencore.com}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

Han won the Concerto Competition at the Juilliard Pre-College and performed with the Symphony at the Juilliard Theater. In 2005, she performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto Number 2 in C minor with the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra in Pottstown, Pennsylvania as part of their Masterworks II: Young Artist Showcase program.<ref name="mysite.verizon.net">{{cite web |url=http://mysite.verizon.net/campman.piano/forparents/id2.html |title=Community Concerts and Recitals |website=mysite.verizon.net |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125721/http://mysite.verizon.net/campman.piano/forparents/id2.html |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She was selected as one of the thirty-eight pianists worldwide in May 2005, participated in the TCU/Cliburn Piano Institute Young Artists program in conjunction with the Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, performing at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth and the PepsiCo Recital Hall at the TCU Walsh Center for Performing Arts.<ref name="auto5"/>

In February 2006, Han performed a two-hour recital of Bach-Busoni, Mozart, Chopin, and Liszt at Dudley Recital Hall at the University of Houston.<ref>[http://66.223.73.81/Events/2005/tckf/koncert.htm] {{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref> In July 2006, she performed as a soloist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in their "Bravo Beethoven" concert at Artpark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.yahoo.com/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20010418142816/http://groups.yahoo.com/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 18, 2001|title=Yahoo! Groups|website=groups.yahoo.com}}</ref> As the 2005 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition winner, in November 2006, Han performed solo recitals at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polishconsulateny.org/index.php?p=78 |title=Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York |website=www.polishconsulateny.org |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060214224755/http://www.polishconsulateny.org/index.php?p=78 |archive-date=February 14, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2007, Han performed a recital at the Fifth Annual Steinway Piano Festival at Dauer Hall at the University of Florida.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arts.ufl.edu/newsItem.asp?Archive=true&NID=73|title=University of Florida - College of Fine Arts News - University of Florida Presents the Fifth Annual Steinway Piano Festival March 6-9, 2007|website=Arts.ufl.edu|access-date=August 4, 2019}}</ref> In September 2007, she opened the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra's 60th season, performing the Liszt Piano Concerto Number 1 in E-flat major in their Diamond Jubilee concert.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://old.texarkanacollege.edu/~chrichar/Shreveport%20Symphony.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110809065922/http://old.texarkanacollege.edu/~chrichar/Shreveport%20Symphony.htm|url-status=dead|title=Shreveport Symphony|website=Old.texarkanacollege.edu|archive-date=August 9, 2011|access-date=August 4, 2019}}</ref>

In June 2008, Han won the 2008 Juilliard Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and the Munz Chopin Competition. Along with a Lincoln Center recital, the winners received full-tuition scholarships to Juilliard.<ref name="2008_gina_bachauer_competition">{{Cite web|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/press/releases/2008-09/2008-10-15_bachauer.html|title=JUILLIARD PIANISTS YOONJUNG HAN AND NAOMI KUDO OPEN 31ST SEASON OF THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES' "YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE"|access-date=August 25, 2009|archive-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109002745/http://www.juilliard.edu/press/releases/2008-09/2008-10-15_bachauer.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2008, Han performed Mozart's Piano Concerto Number 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 at Eric Harvie Theatre with the Banff Festival Orchestra at the 2008 Banff Summer Arts Festival in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf/2008/music/|title=2008 Banff Summer Arts Festival|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=September 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916115739/http://www.banffcentre.ca/bsaf/2008/music/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2008, she gave a recital at the Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati, Ohio as the gold medalist of the 2008 Cincinnati World Piano Competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taftmuseum.org/cal.php?m=10&d=28&y=2008|title=Taft Museum of Art - World Piano Competition Recital}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

===2009–2010=== In June 2009, Han performed in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center.<ref name="The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts">{{Cite web |url=http://www.imfchicago.org/hess/main |title=International Music Foundation - The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts |access-date=December 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116060538/http://www.imfchicago.org/hess/main#/hess/main |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The concert was also broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM) radio and Channel 25 television.

She performed again at the Vladimir Nielsen Piano Festival in Sag Harbor, New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicalamerica.com/news/newsstory.cfm?archived=0&storyID=21110&categoryID=5|title=MusicalAmerica - Press Releases|website=Musicalamerica.com}}</ref>

Han received the 2009 Gawon International Music Society<ref name="Gawon International Music Society">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gawonaward.com/|title=::GAWON International Music Society::|website=Gawonaward.com}}</ref> of Seoul, South Korea award. This award is given to the "most brilliant pianist aged 17-31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence, to provide support for the artist's continued development and maturation as a musician." Han performed a solo recital at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul, South Korea in September 2009, as part of the award.<ref name="2009_gawon_award">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gawonaward.com/winner2009.html|title=::GAWON International Music Society::|website=Gawonaward.com}}</ref>

In April 2010, Han performed a solo recital of Haydn, Chopin, Granados, and R. Schumann at Starr Theater, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center in New York City.<ref>[http://newyork.timeout.com/events/opera-classical/335400/4427277/yoonjung-han] {{dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref>

In July 2010, she won the Keyboard Charitable Trust Career Development Award at the Concurso Internacional de Piano in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.concursopiano-sc.com.br/english/index.htm |title = Piano SC &#124; English &#124; Home |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724140057/http://www.concursopiano-sc.com.br/english/index.htm |archive-date=July 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2011–2013=== In April 2011, Han won the Fourth Prize at the Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna in Paterna, Valencia, Spain.<ref name="2011_paterna_prize">{{Cite web|url=http://www.premipianopaterna.es/en/the-prize/results|title=Results - Paterna International Piano Prize}}</ref>

In May 2011, she won the First Prize and Audience Prize out of 150 entrants from 40 countries at the Fulbright Concerto Competition in Fayetteville, Arkansas.<ref name="2011_fulbright_concerto_competition">{{cite web |url=https://news.uark.edu/articles/16897/guest-pianist-yoonjung-han-to-perform-in-concert |title=Guest Pianist Yoonjung Han to Perform in Concert |publisher=University of Arkansas |date=October 3, 2011 |access-date=September 9, 2022}}</ref> On May 28, 2011, she won the First Prize, Louis A. Potter Award out of 222 entrants at the 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.<ref name="2011_washington_international_competition_for_piano">{{Cite web|url=https://fmmc.org/|title=Home Page|website=Friday Morning Music Club, Inc.}}</ref> In September 2011, she was one of six pianists in the world named a finalist for the Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize awarded by the city of Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy.<ref name="2011_arturo_benedetti_michelangeli_prize">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pianoacademy-eppan.com/ENG/pianists.htm|title=2011 International Piano Academy Eppan – The Pianists|access-date=September 25, 2011|archive-date=November 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111122012202/http://www.pianoacademy-eppan.com/ENG/pianists.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2011, she won the Rencontre International de Piano competition in Paris, sponsored by the Automobile Club de France.<ref name="2011_rencontre_competition">{{Cite web|url=https://www.alink-argerich.org/results|title=AAF - Results|website=Alink-argerich.org}}</ref>

In November 2011, Han made her European debut playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Berliner Symphoniker at the main stage of Berlin Philharmonie. The following week, she continued her European tour, playing at the Beckstein in Frankfurt, Germany, and then at the Salle Cortot in Paris. In December 2011 she returned to perform a solo recital of Mompou and Granados at the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series at Preston Bradley Hall of the Chicago Cultural Center.<ref name="The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts" /> The concert was also broadcast live on WFMT (98.7 FM) radio and wfmt.com.

In March 2012, Han made her Kennedy Center solo recital debut in the Terrace Theater in Washington, DC. She played a program of Bach-Busoni Chaconne, Granados Goyescas "Los Requiebros" and "El Amor Y La Muerte," Liszt En Rêve and La Campanella, and Schumann Carnaval. The recital was presented by the Friday Morning Music Club in honor of Han's first prize in the 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/pianist-yoonie-han-hits-sweet-spot-at-kennedy-centers-terrace-theater/2012/03/29/gIQADTXfjS_story.html|title=Pianist Yoonie Han hits sweet spot at Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref>

In July 2012, WQXR-FM New York radio broadcast Han's Dvorak "Two Slavonic Dances" and Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 with the New York Concert Artists Symphony Orchestra conducted by as part of their weekly McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase program.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wqxr.org/|title=WQXR &#124; New York's Classical Music Radio Station|website=Wqxr.org}}</ref>

In December 2012, Yoonie Han was honored as a Steinway Artist by Steinway & Sons in New York City, adding her to a roster of the most accomplished and discriminating artists in the world.<ref name="Steinway Artist">{{Cite web|url=http://www.steinway.com/artists/|title=- Steinway & Sons|website=Steinway.com}}</ref> With the support of the Fulbright Foundation and Steinway, Han was the first concert classical pianist to make a tour of major Steinway galleries in the USA and Europe. In May 2013, her first album was released by Concert Artists Guild. In the winter of 2013, she performed the Beethoven Concerto No.3 with the Santa Cruz Symphony<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://santacruzsymphony.org/|title=Santa Cruz Symphony|website=Santa Cruz Symphony}}</ref> and Boca Raton Symphonia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesymphonia.org/|title=The SYMPHONIA &#124; Classical Music Concert Series South Florida|website=Thesymphonia.org}}</ref> She collaborated with New York Philharmonic Principal Clarinetist Anthony McGill<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anthonymcgill.com/about/biography/|title=Biography - Anthony McGill}}</ref> Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Principal Cellist Dariusz Skoraczewski,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bsomusic.org/musicians/musician/dariusz-skoraczewski.aspx |title=Dariusz Skoraczewski |website=www.bsomusic.org |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141104113558/http://www.bsomusic.org/musicians/musician/dariusz-skoraczewski.aspx |archive-date=November 4, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Program. Han performed at the Frick Collection<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.frick.org/|title=The Frick Collection|website=Frick.org}}</ref> in New York at a concert sponsored by Breguet,<ref name="Breguet"/> the luxury watchmaker. At the Frick, she performed her own transcription of Franz Liszt's Concerto No. 1. She triumphed on her Europe tour at the Concertgebouw in Netherland, Slovakia Philharmonic Hall in Slovakia, and Bergamo Festival in Italy.

===2014–2015=== In January 2014, Han's Gloriosa Piano Trio<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gloriosatrio.com/|title=Gloriosa Trio &#124;}}</ref> made a sold-out debut at the Flagler Museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.flaglermuseum.us/|title=Home|website=Flaglermuseum.us}}</ref> in Palm Beach, Florida. The Trio performed at New Jersey City University,<ref name="New Jersey City University"/> The University of North Florida,<ref name="University of North Florida"/> Boulder Chamber Orchestra Music Series,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://boulderchamberorchestra.instantencore.com/web/events.aspx?date=4/1/2016|title=Boulder Chamber Orchestra - Events - 1 Apr 2016 - Mini Chamber: Gloriosa Trio|website=boulderchamberorchestra.instantencore.com|access-date=August 4, 2019|archive-date=December 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228130911/https://boulderchamberorchestra.instantencore.com/web/events.aspx?date=4%2F1%2F2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Shorter University,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shorter.edu/the-gloriosa-trio/|title=Shorter University}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> In January, she performed two concerts in a collaboration with scientists at Salk Institute<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.salk.edu/|title=Salk Institute for Biological Studies|website=Salk Institute for Biological Studies}}</ref> in California, and Max Planck Institute<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mpg.de/11741001/research_page|title=Max Planck Institutes and Experts|website=Mpg.de}}</ref> in Florida.

In May 2014, Han's album ''Love and Longing''<ref name="Love and Longing"/> on Steinway & Sons record label was named "Album of the Week"<ref name="auto4"/> on WQXR, and rise quickly on the ''Billboard'' Classical chart. At her CD release party at the Louis Meisel Gallery<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.meiselgallery.com/lkmg/musicians/steinway/|title=The Steinway Centennial Grand - Louis K. Meisel Gallery|website=Meiselgallery.com}}</ref> in New York, she performed on the historic Centennial Steinway from 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. A special dress was provided for the occasion by Dolce & Gabbana. On December, 11, she played another cooperate event for the Legal Aid Society,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legal-aid.org/en/home.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314191417/http://www.legal-aid.org/en/home.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 14, 2016|title=Legal-Aid|date=March 14, 2016}}</ref> where she presented Schumann Carnaval Op. 9, and Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue. In June 2014, Han received the "Brava!" award from the Italian Academy Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://italianacademyfoundation.org/|title=Italian Academy Foundation, Inc. &#124; Bringing Italian Cultural Realities to US Audiences since 1947}}</ref> In September 2014, Han opened the season of the New Jersey Festival Orchestra,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://njfestivalorchestra.org/|title=New Jersey Festival Orchestra (NJFO) - HOME PAGE|website=njfestivalorchestra.org}}</ref> under the baton of Maestro David Wroe, with a performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1. In November 2014, Han performed at the main showroom of the French luxury furniture company, Roche Bobois,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.roche-bobois.com/en-US|title=Roche Bobois Paris - Interior design & Contemporary furniture|website=Roche-bobois.com}}</ref> in New York, in association with Steinway<ref name="auto3"/> and Dolce & Gabbana The concert was a huge success, she played a further recital at their San Francisco showroom and will return to the Seattle and Paris showrooms. Yoonie Han joined on the faculty of Piano and Chamber Music at the Bilkent University<ref name="Bilkent University">{{Cite web|url=https://w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/|title=EN / Bilkent University|website=3.bilkent.edu.tr}}</ref> in Ankara, Turkey. She performed with Juilliard Residence String Quartets Attaca<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.attaccaquartet.com/|title=Attacca Quartet|website=Attacca Quartet}}</ref> and Aelous<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aeolusquartet.com/|title=Aeolus Quartet|website=Attaccaquartet.com}}</ref> and gave a seminar (2015, 2016) at Baruch College City University of New York, with its Resident String Quartet, Alexander.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asq4.com/|title=Alexander String Quartet Free Download|website=Asq4.com}}</ref>

===2015–2016=== In September 2015, Han performed for the Philippine Cancer Society<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philcancer.org.ph/|title=PCS &#124; Helping Filipinos cope with cancer}}</ref> Gala and donated her albums on Steinway & Sons. In February 2016, she played a recital for the 30th anniversary of Bilkent University Turkey. In April 2016, Han presented a seminar at Harvard University<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harvard.edu/|title=Harvard University|website=Harvard University}}</ref> and Longy School of Music about her experience working with living composers and performed a recital for the 50th anniversary for the Davis Center for Russian Studies. In the summer of 2016, she joined as a faculty member at Amalfi Coast Music Festival<ref name="Amalfi Coast Music Festival"/> Italy. In September 2016, Han gave a masterclass and performance at Boston University <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bu.edu/calendar/?uid=186084@17.calendar.bu.edu&day=2016-9-19&category=arts&wantsMobile=true|title=Guest Artist: Yoonie Han, piano · Calendar · Boston University|website=Bu.edu}}</ref> and New Jersey City University.<ref name="New Jersey City University"/> She also performed for the American Cancer Society Hope Lodge<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cancer.org/treatment/support-programs-and-services/patient-lodging/hope-lodge.html|title=American Cancer Society Hope Lodge &#124; What is Hope Lodge?|website=Cancer.org}}</ref> at Steinway Hall in New York, and donated her albums on Steinway & Sons.

===2016–2017=== In October 2016, Han performed at Western New Mexico University<ref name="Western New Mexico University"/> and Rio Grande Theater in New Mexico. In December 2016, Han collaborated with the Canadian Brass.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.canadianbrass.com/|title=Home|website=Canadian Brass}}</ref> In February 2017, Han's second album with Enrique Granados' ''Goyescas'' was released on Steinway & Sons label to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth. The cover featured the famous painting of Francisco Goya, ''Black Duchess of Alba''. In the same month, she gave a masterclass and performance at California State University Sacramento,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csus.edu/college/arts-letters/music/|title=School of Music &#124; Sacramento State|website=Csus.edu}}</ref> a seminar "Arts into Music into Performance" <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baruch.cuny.edu/calendar/(X(1)S(tplknsehcgo45zeksuplefue))/EventList.aspx?fromdate=9/5/2016&todate=8/30/2017&display=Month&type=public&eventidn=31169&view=EventDetails&information_id=317105&print=print&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=Art into Music into Performance|website=Baruch.cuny.edu}}</ref> at Baruch College - The City University of New York, and toured with her piano trio, Gloriosa<ref name="auto1"/> at Oxford College Emory University<ref name="auto"/> and Georgia South Western State University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gsw.edu/academics/schools-and-departments/college-of-art-and-science/departments/department-of-music/concert-recitals-and-special-events |title=Concerts, Recitals and Special Events |website=gsw.edu |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316110008/https://gsw.edu/academics/schools-and-departments/college-of-art-and-science/departments/department-of-music/concert-recitals-and-special-events |archive-date=March 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the summer of 2017, Han joined as a faculty member at AmiCa Piano Festival,<ref name="AmiCa Piano Festival"/> Italy.

==Awards== {| class="wikitable" ! Date !! Award !! Awarded by !! Location |- |July 17, 2014 |"Brava!" Award |Italian Academy Foundation |New York City, New York, US |- | December 5, 2012 || Steinway Artist<ref name="Steinway Artist" /> || Steinway & Sons || New York City, New York, US |- | November 2, 2011 ||Laureate|| 2011 Rencontre International de Piano competition sponsored by Automobile Club de France<ref name="2011_rencontre_competition" /> || Paris, France |- | September 11, 2011 || Finalist, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize || 2011 Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Prize awarded by the city of Eppan<ref name="2011_arturo_benedetti_michelangeli_prize" /> || Eppan an der Weinstraße, Italy |- | May 28, 2011 || First prize, Louis A. Potter Award || 2011 Washington International Competition for Piano<ref name="2011_washington_international_competition_for_piano" /> || Washington, D.C., US |- | May 22, 2011 || First prize, Audience Prize || 2011 Fulbright Concerto Competition<ref name="2011_fulbright_concerto_competition" /> || Fayetteville, Arkansas, US |- | April 29, 2011 || Fourth Prize || 2011 Premi Internacional Pianístic de Paterna<ref name="2011_paterna_prize" /> || Paterna, Valencia, Spain |- | July 10, 2010 || The Keyboard Trust Career Development Prize || 2010 Concurso Internacional de Piano, The City of Florianópolis<ref name="auto2"/> || Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |- | October 3, 2009 || Semifinalist || 10th San Antonio International Piano Competition<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicalbridges.org/gurwitz-2020/|title=Gurwitz 2020 Special Event}}</ref> || San Antonio, Texas, US |- | September 5, 2009 || First Prize <ref name="2009_gawon_award" />|| Gawon International Music Society<ref name="Gawon International Music Society"/> || Seoul, South Korea |- | July 13, 2008 || First Prize || 52nd Cincinnati World Piano Competition<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cincinnatiwpc.org/|title=Cincinnati Travel Blog|website=Cincinnati Travel Blog}}</ref> || Cincinnati, Ohio, US |- | June 6, 2008 || First Prize<ref name="2008_gina_bachauer_competition" />|| 2008 Juilliard Gina Bachauer Piano Competition ||New York City, New York, US |- |March 10, 2008 |First Prize |2008 Juilliard Munz Chopin Piano Competition |New York City, New York, US |- | June 7, 2007 || Fifth Prize || 2nd Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www2.siba.fi/majlind/eng/results.html|title=Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition 2012|website=2.siba.fi|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=May 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512111816/http://www2.siba.fi/MajLind/eng/results.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>||Helsinki, Finland |- | November 5, 2006 || First Prize || 58th Nena Wideman Piano Competition<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.widemanpiano.com/pastwinners.htm |title=The Wideman Piano Competition - Past Winners |access-date=June 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511120813/http://www.widemanpiano.com/pastwinners.htm |archive-date=May 11, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.widemanpiano.com/widemanwinners2006.htm|title=The 58th Wideman Piano Competition - 2006 Winners|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=July 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706094609/http://www.widemanpiano.com/widemanwinners2006.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>||Shreveport, Louisiana, US |- | May 5, 2005 || First Prize || 56th Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Piano Competition<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.polorg.com/Org/Display.asp?News=455 |title=PolOrg - the Information Resource for Polonia Organizations |website=www.polorg.com |access-date=January 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060907132522/http://www.polorg.com/Org/Display.asp?News=455 |archive-date=September 7, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>||New York City, New York, US |- | July 19, 2005 || Second Prize, Audience Prize || 2005 International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.concorsopozzoli.it/en/albo2.html|title=Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Ettore Pozzoli - Winner's List|access-date=June 10, 2009|archive-date=September 24, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924011547/http://www.concorsopozzoli.it/en/albo2.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>||Seregno, Milan, Italy |- |March 20, 2003 |First Prize |2003 Music Teacher's National Association Competition |New York City, New York, US |- |March 18, 2004 |First Prize |2004 Kathryn E. MacPhail Young Artist Competition<ref name="mysite.verizon.net" /> |Pottstown, Pennsylvania, US |- |September 25, 2002 |First Prize |2002 Juiliard Pre-College Mozart Concerto Competition |New York City, New York, US |- |May 15, 2002 |First Prize |2002 Juilliard Frederich Nordmann Competition |New York City, New York, US |- |October 9, 2001 |The Most Promising Young Artist Award |Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism |Seoul, South Korea |- | October 7, 2001 || Grand Prize || 2001 Korea National Music Competition ||Seoul, South Korea |}

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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|https://www.yooniehan.com/}} * [https://www.youtube.com/user/YoonjungHan Official YouTube channel] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An8MjXN4YJU/ Yoonie Han plays Bach/Busoni "Chaconne" at PianoForte Chicago] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNS344roBnA/ Yoonie Han plays Wagner/Liszt "Liebestod" at Roche Bobois New York City] * [http://blogcritics.org/interview-pianist-yoonie-han-on-her-debut-album-love-and-longing/ Yoonie Han's interview] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160313201912/http://seouljournal.com/entertainment/item/218-pianist-yoonie-han/218-pianist-yoonie-han.html ''Seoul Journal'' - Yoonie Han]}}

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