Arts in the Afternoon: Pianist SungEun Park

Pianist SungEun Park has extensively performed as a solo pianist and chamber musician throughout Korea, Italy, and the United States. Dr. Park currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at Texas Lutheran University, and Program Director of the Texas State International Piano Festival.

Dr. Park has won several competitions including the 5th Texas State International Piano Festival Concerto Competition, American Prize, Sidney Wright Endowed Presidential Scholarship, Butler School of Music Concerto Competition, Texas State University Concerto Competition, and Seoul Asia International Music Competition. Her concerto appearances include performances with the Central Texas Philharmonic Orchestra, University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, Texas State University Symphony Orchestra, Balcones Community Orchestra, and Jeju Philharmonic Orchestra. Besides classical piano repertoire, she has frequently premiered new works by leading contemporary composers. She has been invited to perform as guest artist at several international and national conferences including Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities, National Association of Composers/USA, Composers Alliance of San Antonio, and One Month Festival. Dr. Park was invited to be a jury member in Texas Young Artist Piano Competition, Rose Petroff Piano Competition, and TFMC All State Festival. She has recorded numerous albums with the compositions of Peter Petroff, Zvonimir Nagy, Haseulki Baek, and Joe Young. Dr. Park has earned her degrees in Piano Performance from the University of Texas at Austin (DMA), Texas State University (MM).

Event rescheduled from original Nov 17, 2024 performance date.