{"id":43734,"date":"2026-09-07T08:28:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/soo-jung-shin\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T08:28:04","slug":"soo-jung-shin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/en\/soo-jung-shin\/","title":{"rendered":"soo-jung-shin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"43734\" class=\"elementor elementor-43734 elementor-43723\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05fb9dc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05fb9dc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-897df95\" data-id=\"897df95\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa1b937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa1b937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Soo-Jung Shin<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ba5c94 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ba5c94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Soo-Jung Shin received her musical training at Seoul National University, the Vienna Academy of Music (Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, U.S.A. Her teachers include Chung Jin-Woo, Josef Dichler, Leon Fleisher, Wilhelm Kempff, and Maria Curzio Diamond. She won many prizes in music competitions, including the Dong-A National Competition in Korea, the Elena Rombro-Stepanow Competition in Vienna, and the Deutsch Industrie Vanband Scholarship Competition, among others. She was also awarded the Korean Academy of Arts Award. She received \u201cDas Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse\u201d from the German Government in 2011.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da9734 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5da9734\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Her debut came at age 13 when she performed Mozart&#8217;s Piano Concerto No. 20 with the Navy Symphony Orchestra (now the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra). She has performed with orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS and NHK Symphony, under the batons of Lim Won-Shik, Leon Fleisher, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir John Pritchard, Asahina Takashi, Iwaki Hiroyuki and also with Ruggiero Ricci, Nicolai Gedda, Janos Starker, Chung Kyung Wha and others, as well as serving as a juror at international competitions, including ARD, Seoul, Tokyo, K\u00f6ln, UNISA, Dublin, Hamamatsu, Sendai and Leeds International Music Competitions. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bfb914 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4bfb914\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>At 26, Soo-Jung Shin was the youngest faculty member at her alma mater, the College of Music, Seoul National University and also taught at the Seoul High School of Arts and Kyung Won University, where she was Dean of the School of Music. In 2000, she returned to Seoul National University and taught there until her retirement in 2007. She was also elected Dean of the College of Music, the first woman in its history. 2009 saw her elected a member of the National Academy of Arts, Korea. She is Professor Emeritus of Seoul National University and chairperson of the Great Mountain Music Festival &amp; School`s Steering Committee Soo-Jung Shin divides her time among concerts, teaching, masterclasses, organizing piano seminars, and serving as a board member of the Seoul Arts Center and others.<br \/>     <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e9d7c6\" data-id=\"5e9d7c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af0652c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"af0652c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Soo-Jung-Shin-342x304-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-43729\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Soo-Jung-Shin-342x304-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Soo-Jung-Shin-342x304-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jmc.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Soo-Jung-Shin-342x304-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof. Soo-Jung Shin Soo-Jung Shin received her musical training at Seoul National University, the Vienna Academy of Music (Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien), and the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, U.S.A. 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