Donghwi Kang is currently studying at the Yewon School where he was accepted as a scholarship student for his excellence in piano performance and academic achievements.

He was the Grand Prize winner of Steinway’s Korean Youth Piano Competition in 2022. He has also won prizes at other prestigious competitions in Korea including second prize at the Ewha & Kyunghyang Competition (2022), first prize at the Dong-A Junior Music Competition (2020) and first prize in the Korean Chamber Orchestra Music Competition (2022). He has been expanding his experience abroad, winning prizes at the Osaka International Music Competition (2019) and the Steinway Youth Piano Competition Pacific Regional Finals in southeast Asia (2022).

Since performing at the Lang Lang “101 Pianists” concert at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul at the age of 8, Donghwi has been invited to participate in many concerts every year. In 2020, he made his concerto debut and appeared on television (KBS2). In 2022, he performed his solo recital for the Young Artist Concert in Seoul and he had an online solo recital for the Young Virtuoso Series organized by the World Piano Teachers’ Association, USA-Missouri. Recently, he performed with a Korean Chamber Orchestra, and he is scheduled to perform a solo recital for the Kumho Prodigy Concert, the most important and highly competitive event in Korea.

Donghwi has been taking lessons from Choong Mo Kang and Sue Woon Hyung. He has attended master classes with Alexander Korsantia, Corey Hamm, Antti Siirala and Lilya Zilberstein among others. In his free time, he loves to play badminton. He also enjoys listening to music and chilling with his friends.

REPERTOIRE

Round I

Scarlatti                       Sonata in F Major, K. 6/L. 479

Scarlatti                       Sonata in B minor, K. 87/L. 33

Mendelssohn               Variations Sérieuses in D minor, Op. 54

Grünfeld                      Soirée de Vienne, Op. 56

Round II

Beethoven                   Sonata No. 24 in F-sharp Major. Op. 78

Chopin                         Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49

Shostakovich               Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in D-flat Major, Op. 87

Round III                    

Beethoven                   Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37