Performances
Six decades on the keyboard
From the Busoni Competition to today, across four continents
Since 1965
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Four Continents
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Deutsche Grammophon
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Saturday, October 3, 2026 · 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall Recital
Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall · New York
Forty-one years after her American debut. Gluck, Brahms, Liszt, and the world premiere of Ryu Jaejun’s Valse
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Performances
Documented public performances since 1980. The story begins earlier: piano studies at age five in 1965, and an orchestral debut at eleven with Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21.
1980
Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
Bolzano, Italy
Second Prize ex aequo, in a year when no First Prize was awarded. First Korean laureate in the history of the competition
1983
Philadelphia Orchestra Asian Tour
with Riccardo Muti
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1
1983
Berlin Philharmonie
Berlin Radio Symphony · with Franz Welser-Möst
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
1983
ARD International Music Competition
Munich
Third Prize
1984
Frankfurt Alte Oper
Frankfurt Radio Symphony · with Zdeněk Mácal
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
1985
American Debut Recital
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center · New York
William Petschek Award winner. The New York Times: “the structural command of a musical architect.”
1986
Heinz Hall · Pittsburgh Symphony
with Charles Dutoit
Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1. A critic called the performance “imperiously romantic.”
1988
Steinway 135th Anniversary Gala
Carnegie Hall · New York
Co-host with David Dubal, alongside Van Cliburn, Lazar Berman, and Shura Cherkassky
1988
Seoul Olympic Festival
Moscow Philharmonic · with Dmitri Kitayenko
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3. First collaboration with the Moscow Philharmonic
1989
Moscow Philharmonic Return
Seoul · with Dmitri Kitayenko
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3. Re-engaged by the orchestra the year after the Seoul Olympic Festival
1989
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Tokyo · with Pavel Kogan
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
1990
Stuttgart Radio Symphony
with Gianluigi Gelmetti
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
1990s
Russia Recordings
St. Petersburg · with the St. Petersburg Academic Symphony, Aleksandr Dmitriyev
Complete Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky Piano Concerti, released on Deutsche Grammophon. The first woman to record both complete cycles
1997
Phillips Collection Recital
The Phillips Collection · Washington, D.C.
Solo piano recital at America’s first museum of modern art
c. 2000
London Philharmonic
approximate date
Documented in Korean press from 2004 onward as a notable past collaboration
2001
China Tour
Shenzhen · Guangzhou · Zhongshan
Solo recital tour. Beethoven Pathétique, Chopin Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
2002
Korea Recital Tour
Busan · Suwon
Chopin Études Op. 25, Liszt Études, Hungarian Rhapsody, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
2003 onward
All Beethoven Sonatas Tour
Multi-year project, continuing through 2022
Beethoven sonatas including Pathétique, Moonlight, and Appassionata. Released as Beethoven Beautiful Encounter album
c. 2000s
Hungarian National Philharmonic
with Iván Fischer · approximate date
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
2008
KBS New Year Concert
Seoul Arts Center · KBS Symphony, Constantine Orbelian
Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 on a single program. The triumphant return to the stage, five months after cancer treatment
2008
Korean Cultural Service Concert
Korean Cultural Service · New York
Schumann Widmung, Brahms Piano Quintet
2009
Lincoln Center Recital
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center · New York
Chopin Étude Op. 25 No. 1, Schumann Kinderszenen, Debussy Children’s Corner, Offenbach Barcarolle, Liszt Sonata in B minor
2011
Daejeon Philharmonic
Seoul
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
2012
Hope for Breast Cancer Benefit
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center · New York
Solo recital featuring Beethoven, Schubert, Verdi, Tchaikovsky, and the premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s songs
2014
Dream Orchestra Concert
Irvine Barclay Theatre · California · with Daniel Suk
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
2015
Russian Program Recital
Seoul Arts Center
Scriabin Études, Preludes, Sonata No. 2; Rachmaninoff Preludes and Sonata No. 2
2019
Schumann/Brahms Concertos
Seoul
A program built around Clara Schumann’s circle
2022
Per Aspera, Ad Astra
Seoul Arts Center
Beethoven Bagatelle Op. 25, Sonata No. 14 Moonlight; Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 (movts. 1 & 2); Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
2023
Recital with Sumi Jo
Seoul Arts Center
Collaborative recital with soprano Sumi Jo. World Classics program
2024
Seoul Solo Recital
Seoul
Ryu Jaejun Suite No. 8 Nocturne, Schubert Impromptus Op. 90 Nos. 1–4, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
2025
60th Anniversary Concert Series
Three programs across the season
Marking sixty years at the keyboard since age five. Brahms Piano Concerti Nos. 1 and 2, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 Emperor, Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand, Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 2
This archive is a curated selection. Dates marked c. are approximate, based on press records and orchestra archives. Additional appearances and chamber performances are not yet listed here.