Award-winning pianist Dr. Monica (Hyebin) Song has performed throughout the United States and abroad since the age of thirteen. Recent highlights include recitals at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), Sejong Center for the Performing Arts and Alma Mater Cultural Center in Korea, Teatro Auditorium Collegio Vescovile Barbargio in Italy, North Carolina Museum of Arts and concert tours in Washington D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Furthermore, her performance in the Tae-An Flood Relief Charity Concert was nationally broadcasted by the Korean Broadcast Station.
She has been awarded many honors including top prizes at the Padova International Virtuoso Competition (Italy), Berlin Rising Stars Grand Prix International Music Competition (Germany), Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition (U.S.A.), American Fine Art International Concerto Competition (U.S.A.) and many others. She was selected as one of five finalists worldwide for the BLÜTHNER International Competition and Jacob Flier International Competition.
She has collaborated with well-known Grammy-awarded virtuosos, including flutist-composer Ian Clarke, sopranos Emily Fons and Julie Fortney, violist Scott Rawls, violinist Mari Sato, bass Joseph Amaya, tubist Antoine White, oboist Melanie Wilsden, bassoonist Aaron Apaza, and many others.
Dr. Song earned her Doctorate and Master’s degree from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied under Natalya Antonova and Thomas Schumacher. She completed her Bachelor’s degree with Alexander Korsantia at the New England Conservatory of Music. She has previously served as a piano faculty at Meredith College Community School and Raleigh Community Music School and as an accompanist at Duke University, and Meredith College.