Chi Ho Han (; born 19 January 1992) is a South Korean pianist. He has won the 10th Seoul International Music Competition, 2nd Prize in

ARD international music competition The ARD International Music Competition (german: link=no, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD) is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and held once a year in Munich. Si ...

in Munich (with no 1st prize awarded) and Silver Medal (2nd Prize) in Gina Bachauer international piano competition in 2014, as well as 1st Prize and Audience Prize in the 11th Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany (2013), Géza Anda Prize in the 12th Concours Géza Anda in Zurich (2012), 2nd Prize and Audience Prize in the International Telekom Beethoven Piano Competition in Bonn (2011), 2nd Prize and Special Prize in the Schubert International Piano Competition in Dortmund (2011), 3rd Prize in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna (2009), 4th prize in Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2016. He has performed in

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(Musikverein),

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(Herkulessaal),

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

(Tonhalle),

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(Klavier-Festival Ruhr),

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(Forbidden City Concerto Hall),

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, St Petersburg, and

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and has played with orchestras such as the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, th
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
the Münchener Kammerorchester, the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and a number of other orchestras in Germany, France, Korea and the United States.

Personal life

He studied in Seoul Arts High School with Jiae Kim and with Prof. Kyung Seun Pee., and then he went to Germany and studied at the

Folkwang University of the Arts The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in E ...

in Essen with Prof.

Arnulf von Arnim Arnulf von Arnim (born 1947 in Hamburg) is a German classical pianist and teacher. Von Arnim studied in Germany and France and attended classes by Claudio Arrau and Wilhelm Kempff. He is the winner of several prizes - Viotti (Vercelli), Bu ...

. He is now studying under

Arie Vardi Arie Vardi ( he, אריה ורדי; born 1937) is a classical pianist, conductor, and piano pedagogue. He is laureate of the Israel Prize in 2017. Biography Vardi was born in Tel Aviv and graduated from the Rubin Academy (renamed the Buchmann-Me ...

at th
Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover
and at th
international Piano Academy Lake Como
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Awards

* 2009 - Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna - 3rd Prize * 2011 - Schubert International Piano Competition in Dortmund - 2nd Prize and Special Prize * 2011
International Telekom Beethoven Piano Competition
in Bonn- 2nd Prize and Audience Prize * 2012 - 12t
Concours Géza Anda
in Zurich - Géza Anda Prize * 2013 - 11th Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany - 1st Prize and Audience Prize * 2014 - 10t
Seoul International Music Competition
- 1st Prize * 2014 -

ARD International Music Competition The ARD International Music Competition (german: link=no, Internationaler Musikwettbewerb der ARD) is the largest international classical music competition in Germany. It is organised by the Bayerischer Rundfunk and held once a year in Munich. Si ...

in Munich - 2nd Prize (1st prize not awarded) * 2016 -

Queen Elisabeth Competition The Queen Elisabeth Competition ( nl, Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd, french: Concours musical international Reine Élisabeth) is an international competition for career-starting musicians held in City of Brussels, Brussels. The competition is n ...

- 4th Prize

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Han, Chi-Ho 1992 births Living people South Korean pianists 21st-century pianists Seoul Arts High School alumni Folkwang University of the Arts alumni