Seyoung Park

Accompanist, Piano

Born in South Korea, pianist Seyoung Park has made numerous appearances as recitalist and collaborative pianist in the United States, Europe, and Korea. Seyoung started playing the piano at the age of seven. By the age of eleven, she was attending Seoul Art’s Center Music Prodigy Program. She has won prizes at many competitions including Eumaksekye Competition, Eumyoun Competition and Music Education Journal Competition in Seoul, Korea.

As an active solo performer, she has given solo recitals in various venues including the White Recital Hall at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, Barness Recital Hall at the University of South Florida, Concert Hall in the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, Youngsan Art Hall and Dreamforest Art Center in Seoul, Korea. Her performances include performing with the Steinway Series in both the 2018 Late Beethoven Sonata Series and the 2019 series of Art of Fugue. Seyoung has participated in masterclasses, allowing her to work with renowned pedagogues such as Christopher Harding, Arthur Greene, James Giles, Balaz Szokolay, Rebecca Penneys, Fabio Bidini, Logan Skelton and Boris Slutsky. She has actively attended and performed in many music festivals, including the Amalfi Coast Music International Festival (Italy), the Atlantic Music Festival (Unites States), Brancaleoni International Music Festival (Italy), Music Alps Festival (France), Liszt Academy International Music Festival (Budapest), and Yeonum Piano Summer School (South Korea).

As an enthusiastic educator, Seyoung has taught students in different levels of piano, from beginner to advanced. She served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the UMKC Conservatory for three years, where she taught group piano classes and applied secondary piano lessons for undergraduate and graduate students, including music majors as well as non-music majors.

She actively performs as a collaborative pianist and has worked with various musicians from different backgrounds. During her masters program at the University of South Florida, she held a Graduate Assistantship in instrumental accompanying. Her experience ranges from standard repertoire to new music, including premieres of composers’ works.

Seyoung obtained her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance and Chamber Music at the University of South Florida with Dr. Svetozar Ivanov and obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance at Dongduk Women’s University in Seoul with Prof. Hyosun Nah, Dr. Minyoung Lee and Noel McRobbie. She is currently finishing a Doctoral of Musical Arts in Piano Performance with Dr. Thomas Rosenkranz at the UMKC Conservatory. In 2022 Fall, Seyoung joined Benedictine College as collaborative pianist and piano faculty.