About Us - PIANOFUNMN

A prize winner of many national and international competitions, Dr. Soojung Hong actively performs internationally and at regional concert venues in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Her solo recital at Dame Myra Hess Concert Series at Chicago Public Library has been broadcast live to on WFMT, Chicago’s classical music station and on the internet. She is a recipient of Minnesota State Arts Board’s Artist Initiative Grant and is currently working on the album of Fanny Mendelssohn’s cycle “Das Jahr” (“The Year”), as well as a number of live performances of the work, accompanied by display of contemporaneous paintings and reading of live poetry.

Dr. Hong is a passionate about education, and has been teaching for over 15 years. She teaches students of all ages and levels, who, under her expert guidance, successfully prepare recitals, contests and auditions. She is a frequent master class presenter and competition adjudicator, and serves as a piano instructor at MacPhail Center for Music and The International School of Minnesota.

Soojung Hong, Founder and Artistic Director

Alexander Braginsky, Adviser and Jury Chair

2023 Jury Members and Freestyle Evaluators

Dr. Joshua Tompkins

Dr. Benjamin Downs

Dr. Garret Ross

Dr. Garret Ross

Dr. Anton Melnichenko

Dr. Rebecca Shockley

Dr. Robert Gronemann

Dr. Jonathan Tauscheck