Rachel Hyojae Chung

The Arkansas Times Summer Music Series at the Oval Gallery, 201 W. Capitol, concludes with singer Kelley Ponder and pianist Rachel Chung on Saturday, Aug. 27.
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Ponder and Chung will present a classic array of opera favorites and standards.

Rachel H. Chung, soloist
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RACHEL HYOJAE CHUNG, who is 12 years old, is a student of Mihyang Keel and has been studying piano since the age of four. She has accumulated numerous competition prizes, including the Southwest Youth Music Festival open categories and the Cypress Piano Competition. By the age of eight, she had performed in many concert halls, notably Zipper Hall in Los Angeles, where she performed the Haydn Piano Concerto in D major. In 2003 she won first place in the Los Angeles Korea Times Piano Competition, and in summer of 2005 she was first place winner at the Puigcerda International Piano Competition in Spain. She has performed recitals in New York City's Steinway Hall and Yamaha Hall, and in November she performed as an invited guest with the Nasung Symphony Orchestra.

In 2006 Rachel has already performed with the Culver City Symphony Orchestra as a winner of its annual Concerto Competition. She has also been selected a semi-finalist in the current Edith Knox Competition with the finals yet to come. She received Honorable Mention in the 2006 Antelope Valley Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition for young adults. She is an honor roll student at Ridgecrest Intermediate School in Palos Verdes and enjoys being the pianist in her school orchestra. Her other interests include mathematics, art, dance, and playing with her Yorkshire terrier, Chopin, named after her favorite composer.

Twelve-year-old pianist Rachel H. Chung, a student at Ridgecrest Intermediate School in Rancho Palos Verdes, rounded out the solo performances with Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op.
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Clad in a stunning pink gown with silver trim, Chung gave Brisk a workout at the conductor's podium, and although the orchestra at times overpowered her, she dazzled the audience with her technical skills.