Min Joo Yi

Age: 25

Hometown: Bellevue, WA

School/Teacher: Peabody Institute of the John Hopkins University/Yong-Hi Moon

Min Joo Yi is currently pursuing a performance diploma with Yong-Hi Moon at Peabody Conservatory, where she also received her M.M. She holds an A.B. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and a music performance certificate from Princeton University. She won prizes in the 2019 Concours International Piano Campus (bronze medal), 2017 Young Artists Concert Series of Sarasota National Competition (fourth prize), 2013 Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition (second prize), and the 2011 Schimmel USASU International Piano Competition (bronze medal). She also received the 2018 Leo B. Swinderman Prize, 2017 & 2018 Clara Ascherfeld Award, 2017 & 2018 Loraine Bernstein Memorial Fund, 2014- 2016 Princeton University Scheide Scholarship, 2013 CBC Spouses Heineken USA Performing Arts Scholarship, 2012 National YoungArts Foundation Merit Scholarship, 2010 Evelyn Lindblad Folland Endowment Fund Award, and 2010 Donna & Edwin Kornfeld Piano Scholarship.

Repertoire

Round 1

Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 (Henle)

Etude in A minor, Op. 25, No. 4 (Henle)

Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 25, No. 7 (Henle)

Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 (Paderewski)

Round 2

Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (Paderewski)

Polonaise in A-flat Major, Op. 53 (“Heroic”) (Paderewski)

Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 42 (Henle)

Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48, No. 1 (Henle)

Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, Op. 54 (Henle)

Round 3

Mazurkas, Op. 17 (Ekier)

Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35 (Paderewski)

Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, Op 22 (Henle)

Round 4

Piano Concerto in F minor, Op. 21 (Ekier)