2027 Guest Artists

Pianist Jihea Hong-Park enjoys a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, and collaborative pianist, with performances spanning major venues and festivals throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her engagements include Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, the Caramoor Summer Music Festival, Brevard Music Center, Seoul Arts Center, the University of Cambridge, and leading concert halls in Japan, Scandinavia, and the Baltics. She has appeared as a concerto soloist with ensembles including the BYU Wind Symphony, Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra, Ureuk Symphony Orchestra, and others. A passionate champion of contemporary music, Hong-Park has premiered works by internationally recognized composers including Sophia Serghi, Jean Ahn, Steven Ricks, Hee Yun Kim, and Eric Sessler. In 2028, she will give the world premiere of a new work for two pianos and two percussionists by 2026 Barlow Prize winner Robin Haigh as a member of Riot Picnic.

Hong-Park is Professor of Piano at Brigham Young University and artist faculty at Brevard Music Center. A graduate of The Juilliard School, where she later served on the faculty for fourteen years, she received the William Schuman Commencement Prize for achievement, leadership, and service in music. Her students have earned numerous first-place and top prizes in national and international competitions, including the Utah Symphony Salute to Youth Concerto Competition, San Francisco International Piano Competition, and MTNA National Piano Competition. She serves on the University Advisory Board of the Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, the 2027 National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy International Committee, and Korea’s Socially Engaged Musicians Network Advisory Board. Her contributions have been recognized with the 2025 BYU Class of 1949 Young Faculty Award, the 2024 BYU Faculty Women’s Association Award in Excellence in Creative Works, and the 2023 Utah Valley Magazine Fab40 Award.

For more information, please visit https://music.byu.edu/directory/jihea-hong-park.