Woochan Jeong

Woochan Jeong began his studies at the National University of Arts in Korea, where he was taught by Kang-Ho Lee from 2016 until 2020. He then joined the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin, where he has just started his master’s under Troels Svane. In 2014, he won second prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians and won first prize at the JoongAng competition in Korea in 2017. In 2019, he came second in the KBS KEPCO Music Competition and in 2018, he received an honourable mention from the jury at the Prague Spring International Music Competition. Between 2007 and 2014, Woochan Jeong performed with the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra and the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra and, as a chamber musician, he is a member of the Eden Quartet, with which he performs regularly. In 2019, he performed at the KBS Hall in Seoul with the KBS Symphony Orchestra and at the Korea National University of Arts in Seoul, accompanied on the piano by Jiwon Ahn.

He won 2nd Prize at the 26th KBS & KEPCO Music Competition in 2019, 1st Prize at the 43rd Joongang Music Concours in 2017, 2nd prize at the 8th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in 2014, and the Honorable Mention of the Jury at the Prague Spring International Music Competition in 2018.

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