South Korean pianist Seonghyeon Leem made her European debut in the Mozarthaus Konzertsaal Vienna. Seonghyeon Leem won the International Pro Musicis Award 2023 and the first Prize at the 5th International Piano Competition Istanbul Orchestra’ Sion.

In the 2023/24 season, she was invited to perform numerous recitals in France, Germany and Turkey, including the Salle Cortot in Paris, Arsenal in Metz, Lisztomanias Festival, the José Carreras Gala, which was broadcast live on MDR television.

She performed at the concert of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra and conductor Ion Marin at the Haus für Mozart at the Salzburger Festspiele in October 2022, performed at the concerts of the Ravel G Major Concerto with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie and conductor Hankyeol Yoon in Konstanz and Friedrichshafen in April 2023, performed at the concert of the Schumann Piano Concerto with the Orchester der Musikalischen Komödie and conductor Matthias Foremny in Leipzig in June 2024, and performed at the concert of the Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Orchestra Giocoso and conductor Mariusz Smolij in Aix-en-Provence in August 2024.

Seonghyeon Leem is a laureate of the 66th Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition, the 2017 Moscow International Piano Open Competition, the 7th International Piano Competition Clamo Music 2021, and the 7th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition.

She holds an Undergraduate degree with honors from the Seoul National University where she studied with Prof. Aviram Reichert. Studying with Prof. Jacques Rouvier at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, Leem received her Master and Postgraduate degrees. She studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig with Prof. Christian A. Pohl for a Meisterklassenexamen degree.

Leem regards herself as a protégé of Paul Gulda and Eunju Heo. She received masterclasses from renown musicians such as Paul Badura-Skoda, Menahem Pressler, Arie Vardi, Elisabeth Leonskaja and Maxim Vengerov.

Seonghyeon Leem is a member of the New Leipzig Chopin Society and a scholarship recipient of the Elfrun Gabriel Stiftung. She has given masterclasses and acted as a jury member at the competition in Germany. She is a young faculty member at the Musica Mundi Festival. At present, she is a teaching assistant at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig.