Current Projects & News
* A new solo CD is out on Universal Korea lable!Classics for Piano ("I Am Piano") from Universal Korea, 2 CD set is finally out.
This set includes lots of different pieces for beginning and intermediate level piano students, including sonatas by Clementi, Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena, pieces written for children by Bartok, Gurlitt, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky.
You can purchase this 2 CD set at Yes24 internet mall (http://www.yes24.com/24/goods/6011165?scode=032&OzSrank=1) as well as at Kyobo Book internet mall (http://www.kyobobook.co.kr) and Inter Park internet mall (http://www.interpark.com)
* A new chamber CD is out on Centaur label!
"Spiky Epiphanies" - Chamber Music of Marc Satterwhite. Ben Sung and I recorded the Sonata for Violin ad Piano and the Arsenal Trio recorded "Spiky Epiphanies." We recorded them at the TNT studio in Louisville, KY, in 2008. I am very happy with how the CD turned out. You can purchase it at Centaurrecords' website. (CRC 3021)
centaurrecords.com
Projects 2011-2012
1. Collaboration with the James Sewell Ballet, Minneapolis/St. Paul.
I will be performing Mendelssohn's Piano Trio in d minor with violinists Benjamin Sung and cellist Laura Sewell for the James Sewell Ballet's fall production on October and October at their new performing location, The Cowles Center.
2. Recording Project - using the Aaron Copland Fund's Recording Grant
Ben and I received a recording grant from the Aaron Copland Foundation in 2009. We recorded four wonderful pieces written by four talented and successful American composers, and we will edit and produce a CD sometime in 2011-2012. Stay tuned!
* Christian Gentry, Flux-Flummoxed (with the Barlow Endowment Commissioning
Grant/ written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
christiangentry.com
* Curtis Hughes, Insult to Injury
curtiskhughes.com/bio.html
* Derek Johnson, Fragments (written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
myspace.com/derekjohnsoncomposer
* Sean Shepherd, Sonata (written for Jihye Chang and Benjamin Sung)
seanshepherd.com/
3. Liszt-Paganini Project with Violinist Benjamin Sung
2011 is the Liszt Bi-Centennial Year, and Ben and I were invited to present a recital of Liszt Paganini etudes and Paganini caprices that inspired Liszt at Concordia College Liszt Festival. This initial invitation led to many performances of the same program in Gravata and Garanhuns, Brazil, St. Olaf College (MN), Stockbridge (MA), and Jamestown College (ND). I also performed a solo recital with the 6 etudes and 5 related pieces in Olivet, France. We will keep playing this program as it's such a fun challange and a crowd pleaser!
4. "Beethoven +" project with the Arsenal Trio
Arsenal Trio will have a regional tour in Minnesota in March 2012, and this will be a beginning of our new project "Beethoven +", which is a 2 year project to perform all of Beethoven's piano trio paired with related trios in keys, moods, history, and structure. Please check back for more information.
5. Working on a book
I am writing a book on piano etudes of the 20-21 century. I am also translating some English books on coffee into Korean. More news to be posted as this plan develops in 2012. :)