Phone: (936) 261-3325
Email: jahong@pvamu.edu
Internationally acclaimed pianist Dr. Jayoung Hong has captivated audiences across five continents with her artistry, sensitivity, and expressive performances. She made her orchestral debut at the age of thirteen with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at Seoul’s Sejong Arts Center, performing Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor. Since then, she has appeared as a soloist with distinguished ensembles including the Seoul Chamber Ensemble, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Manhattan Chamber Ensemble, New York Concert Artists Orchestra, Lee’s Summit Orchestra, Las Cruces Symphony, and the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra.
Her solo recitals have been presented at some of the world’s most prestigious venues, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Kulturhaus Konzertsaal in Berlin, St. James’s Piccadilly in London (UK), the Prague Conservatory, the Sydney Opera House, Seoul Arts Center, Pretoria City Hall in South Africa, the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria, and Canada’s May Fest.
A prizewinner of the New York Concert Artists & Associates Piano Competition, the New York Sinfonietta Competition, and Italy IBLA Grand Prize Competition, Dr. Hong was recognized as a Rising Artist, marking her solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
As a collaborative pianist, she has performed annually at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium since 2007 and has appeared at major venues including Lincoln Center, London’s Southbank Royal Festival Hall(UK), Seoul Arts Center, Taipei National Concert Hall, and the New Caledonia Korean Festival.
In academia, Dr. Hong has served as Associate Professor and Director of Keyboard Studies at Northwest Nazarene University and has held faculty appointments at the Korea National University of Arts and the University of Nebraska. She also coordinated the Pre-College Program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities International Piano Camp and has presented masterclasses internationally.
Dr. Hong currently serves on the piano faculty at Prairie View A&M University in Houston, Texas, where she is also the Artistic Director of PianoFest at PVAMU. She additionally holds appointments as Artist Faculty at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy and the Euro Academy in Poland. She is a recipient of the Phi Kappa Lambda Award, presented to outstanding music graduates in the United States.
Her students have earned top prizes in numerous international competitions, and many of her former students have completed master’s and doctoral degrees and hold university teaching positions.
Dr. Hong studied at Indiana University Bloomington and completed doctoral studies at the University of Missouri–Kansas City (Piano Performance, ABD) and the University of Kansas (DMA, Piano Performance and Pedagogy). She also holds a certificate in Jazz and Blues Keyboard Skills from Berklee College of Music in Boston.