Mia Chung

Mia Chung (born October 1964) is a concert pianist, educator and writer based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the Professor of Musical Studies and Performance at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. Chung is the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and the winner of the Concert Artists Guild Award.

Early life and education Chung was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1964 and grew up in the Washington D.C. She started studying the piano at age of 8. She attended Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she received a bachelor's degree in music in 1986. She also attended Yale School of Music and received a master's degree in 1988. In 1991, Chung received a doctoral degree in music from the Juilliard School. Her mentors have included Peter Serkin, Jacob Lateiner, Boris Berman, Leon Kirchner, Raymond Hanson, Anne Koscielny, Ilana Vered, and George Manos.

Career Chung began her performance career in the early 1980s. In 1981, she won International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition (junior division) in Washington, D.C. Apart from that, she has played in many major concert halls around the world, including the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., Symphony Hall in Boston, Jordan Hall in Boston, Sejong Center in Seoul, Korea, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Carnegie Hall (Pittsburgh), Krannert Center for the Performing Arts (University of Illinois), the Orange County Performing Arts Center, La Jolla Music Society, Yokohama Festival in Japan and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.

In 1993, Chung's debut recording, Beethoven: Sonatas and Bagatelles, Vol. I, was released on Channel Classics Records. The recording received positive reviews from several music outlets including Gramophone. Her debut DVD recording, A Composer's Response to Crisis: Beethoven's Pianos Sonatas, Op. 53 and Op.110: Analysis, Demonstration, and Performance was released in 2008 which included her performances and analyses of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas, Op. 53 and Op. 110. In 2013, Chung collaborated with Alina Polyakov and released Sync Op.: 20th Century Dance Tunes, a collection of works by Samuel Barber, Maurice Ravel and Sergei Rachmaninoff. In 2015, CAG Records recorded and released Chung's seventh recording, Brahms Piano Trios, featuring Soo Bae and Elizabeth Larson.

Over her forty years of professional career, Chung has collaborated with several notable artists such as Bernard Greenhouse, William Preucil, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, Ida Kavafian, David Shifrin, Carol Wincenc, Paul Neubauer and Hillary Hahn. Chung is also the winner of the Concert Artists Guild Award in 1993 and the recipient of the Avery Fisher Career Grant in 1997. She later served as Artist-in-Radio, WGMS-FM (Washington, D.C.) and WCRB (Boston) from 1996-1997. She is currently serving as the Professor of Musical Studies and Performance at the Curtis Institute of Music.

Discography and publication

+ Albums Year Title Label Notes 1993 Beethoven: Sonatas and Bagatelles, Vol. I Channel Classics Records - 1996 Robert Schumann Channel Classics Records Collection of Robert Schumann's work 1997 Beethoven: Sonatas and Bagatelles, Vol. II Channel Classics Records - 1999 Bach, J.S.: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 Channel Classics Records Featuring Johann Sebastian Bach's works 2000 Lee Hyla: Riff and Transfiguration Tzadik Records Collection of works by Lee Hyla 2013 Sync Op.: 20th Century Dance Tune - Featuring Alina Polyakov 2017 Brahms Piano Trios CAG Records Featuring Soo Bae and Elizabeth Larson

+ DVD Year Title Production 2008 A Composer's Response to Crisis: Beethoven's Pianos Sonatas, Op. 53 and Op.110: Analysis, Demonstration, and Performance Mallozzi Productions

+ Publications Year Title Publisher Notes 2015 The World of the String Quartet Coursera Co-written with Arnold Steinhardt