Son Jeong-beom_Pianist

In 2017, pianist Son Jeong-beom also won the piano category of the world's most prestigious Munich ARD Music Competition (Germany) with a unanimous vote of judges, and became the first Korean to win in the category. It has fascinated the audience with original interpretations and various colors, from Mozart's classicism to Tchaikovsky's Romanticism, and since winning the ARD Competition, there has been a constant flood of requests for performances from all over Europe. Son, who won the 9th International German Piano Awards in Frankfurt in April 2019, proudly topped the list with powerful and perfect techniques, relaxation and free flowing music that overshadows his age.

After the ARD competition, he completed recitals in major German cities such as Stuttgart, Munich, Weimar, Leipzig, and Dresden. He was invited to the Lure Festival Recital, Dortmund Schubert Festival (Germany), Buzoni Piano Festival (Italy), Chervo Festival (Italy), Cologium Mujikum Basel (Switzerland), and Late Summer Festival (Denmark), where world-class pianists such as Frankfurt and Brussels are invited, showing off their true height as a mature keyboardist. In Korea, he was invited as a concerto for the inaugural concert of One Korea Orchestra at Lotte Concert Hall, performed three piano concertos of Chung Myung-hoon and Beethoven, and performed the Seoul Arts Center Symphony Festival-Daejeon Symphony Masters Series (James Judd) and the Korean Symphony Haydn Complete Project (Choi Su-yeol). With the victory of the International German Piano Awards in the 19/20 season, he completed a recital tour in Germany encompassing Stuttgart, Berlin, Bochum and Ahen, and in particular, the live performance of Ahen was recorded and released on CD. In August 2020, he played the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Beethoven's Triple Concerto, and in August 2021, he completed a recital of "No Fixed Ideas," which explored the world of German composers' works.

At the age of 20, Son won the Georgi Enescu Competition (Romania) in 2011 and distinguished himself by winning international competitions such as the Geneva Music Competition (Switzerland) and the Baltidon Competition (Italy). He took the stage of the Munich Chamber Orchestra including the Bavarian Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra (Munich Gastijk), made his name known throughout the world with the Schlesien Kammer Orchestra in Katowice, Poland, and held solo concerts in Istanbul, Turkey, and Ankara. Son, who returned to Korea in 2022, is currently a professor of piano at Kyung Hee University's music college.