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Hyeyeon Seok DMA Piano Recital
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Program
Sonatine, M.40 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
1. Modéré
2. Mouvement de menuet
3. Animé
Piano Sonata No.7, Op.83 Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
1. Allegro inquieto
2. Andante caloroso
3. Precipitato
Rhapsodie espagnole, S.254. Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 (arr. Petri) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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Hyeyeon Seok is a pianist with extensive experience in solo, chamber, and collaborative performance, as well as teaching.
Her educational background includes a Master of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music, which she earned in 2023. There, she studied with Dr. Dror Biran. She completed her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at Seoul National University in 2020, where her principal teachers were Prof. Hyoung Joon Chang, Dasul Jung, and Dr. Sae Kyung Park.
Throughout her career, Seok has earned several awards and competition prizes. In 2025, she was the recipient of the Edda Valborg Ofstie Memorial Award from UW–Madison. She won first prize at the Charleston Piano Competition in 2024 and the Sagye Piano Competition in 2019. Her other notable achievements include an honorable mention at the UW–Madison Concerto Competition and a second prize at the Bruce P. Carlson Student Scholarship Competition, both in 2024. She also holds a third prize from the Korea Piano Duo Competition in 2017.
Her extensive performance experience includes numerous solo, chamber, and collaboration recitals. Her recent performances include Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2, as well as a solo recital featuring works by Chopin and Beethoven. As a collaborator, she has performed in recitals with clarinet, trumpet, and violin players, and has also participated in a Wind Ensemble Concert and with the Madison Chamber Players.
In addition to her performance career, Seok is an experienced educator. She has been a teaching assistant for a choir accompanist course and group piano classes since 2025 and 2023, respectively. She has also taught individual lessons and has been a private lesson instructor since 2016. Seok has participated in the MUSICALTA Academy & Festival in France and has attended masterclasses with notable pianists including Simone Dinnerstein, Norman Krieger, and Aviram Reichert.
Seok is currently pursuing her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she studies with Professor Christopher Taylor and serves as a teaching assistant.
