Soo Jung Ann (; born 15 September 1987) is a South Korean pianist from

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. Ann was born to a musical family and started playing the piano at the age of six. Ann received her bachelor's degree from the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul. She completed John O'Conor's postgraduate course at the

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and is pursuing a doctoral degree there, while also studying under

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at the

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. Ann has won several awards in international competitions. She received seventh place in the International Piano Competition in Hamamatsu and third prize in the AXA Dublin International Piano Competition in 2009. Ann attended the 15th, 16th, and 17th

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s in 2005, 2010, and 2015, respectively, and attained the second stage in 2005 and 2015. In 2012, she won the 58th Maria Canals International Music Competition in Barcelona, and a year later, Ann became the first woman to win the . Norwegian pianist in a comment on Ann's performance of Beethovens 4th Piano Concerto in the finale in

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, praised her "tenderness, power and big virtuosity". Ann has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in Asia as well as in

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. She has also performed at the

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in the United States.

Prizes and awards

* International Piano Competition in Hamamatsu, 6th prize * AXA Dublin International Piano Competition, third prize * 2011 Hong Kong International Piano Competition, fourth prize * 58th International Music Competition Maria Canals of Barcelona, 2012, first prize * 2013 , first prize

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ann, Soo Jung Living people 1987 births Korea National University of Arts alumni South Korean musicians 21st-century South Korean pianists 21st-century South Korean women pianists