December 28, 2010

Yeol Eum Son. Download image.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB Piano Series will present Yeol Eum Son at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011, in UAB's Alys Stephens Center, 1200 10th Ave. South. The UAB Piano Series, presented by the UAB Department of Music, brings the world's finest pianists to Birmingham.

Tickets are $15 for the general public and $5 for UAB students and employees with valid ID. Call 205-975-2787 for tickets. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music/.

Pianist Son (her name is pronounced Your-arm Son) was awarded the Silver Medal in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Fort Worth, Texas in June 2009. She performed Brahms' Piano Quintet with the Takács Quartet during the Cliburn's semifinal round, which earned her the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for the Best Performance of Chamber Music, according to her press biography.

On the program for her UAB performance are works by William Byrd, Franz Liszt, Nikolai Kapustin, Johannes Brahms and G.F. Handel.

This past summer she appeared with the English Chamber Orchestra in Tel Aviv, followed by a performance in Santo Domingo with the National Orchestra of the Dominican Republic at a gala event featuring the three medalists of the Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Son opened the 2010-2011 season with a residency in Tel Aviv, performing in solo recital as well as with the Israel Camerata. This season she will appear in recitals throughout the United States, Korea, Germany, Japan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Fluent in both Korean and English, Son holds a degree from the Korean National University of the Arts, where she studied with Dae Jin Kim. She is currently studying with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik und Theatre in Hannover, Germany.

About the UAB Department of Music

UAB is the first all-Steinway piano school in Alabama. The UAB Department of Music presents more than 150 concerts, recitals, master classes, and lectures each year - many of them free - for more than 400,000 people throughout the region. The department features 17 ensembles, including the UAB Marching Blazers, Wind Symphony, Symphony Band, Blazer Band, Computer Music Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Electro-Acoustic Percussion Ensemble, Gospel Choir, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Piano Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble, Opera, Brass Ensemble, Clarinet Choir, Woodwind Quintet, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combo. Visit the department online at www.uab.edu/cas/music/. It is part of the UAB College of Arts and Sciences, home to academic disciplines that include the arts, humanities, sciences and the School of Education.