Biography
Pianist Sohyoung Park, born in Seoul, Korea, is an active soloist and chamber musician. She has performed throughout Europe, the United States, Taiwan and Korea. Her solo and chamber performances include appearances at the Salle Cortot in Paris, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival in Lübeck, Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Auditorium del Museo Revoltella in Trieste, Amalfi Music Festival in Vietri sul mare, Mozart Museum in Prague, Seoul Arts Center in Seoul Park performed a series of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas in Lansing, Texas Christian University, Texas State University, the University of Texas at Arlington, Duncan Recital Hall, and Moores Opera House in Houston. Park has also appeared as a soloist with the Shepherd School Chamber Orchestra in Stude Concert Hall and the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra in Bulgaria. She was the pianist of the Sam Houston Piano Trio at Sam Houston State University.
Park received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University, a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Music degree at the Seoul National University. She also received a Diploma of Merit from Accademia Musicale di Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and attended the International Chamber Music School of the Trio di Trieste in Italy. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has studied with and been coached by renowned artists and pedagogues such as Robert Roux, Michele Campanella, Paul Badura-Skoda, Dario De Rosa, John Perry, Russell Sherman, Menahem Pressler, Eugene Istomin, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Phillippe Entremont, Lazar Berman, James Tocco, Louis Nagel, and Martin Katz.
Park joined the faculty at Rice University in 2005. Previously, she was a faculty member at Sam Houston State University. Her students have won competitions and auditions at the local, state, and national levels. She has given masterclasses and lectures in venues including New York University, the University of Texas at Arlington, University of Taipei, the National Chiayi University, Tainan Performing Art High School, Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Katy Music Teachers Association, Arlington Music Teachers Association, and Chopin Society of Houston. She was recognized as the 2012 Teacher of the Year by the Houston Music Teachers Association. She has performed and served on the Texas State International Piano Festival faculty and the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy. Since 2020, she has served as a vice president of the Chopin Society of Houston.