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, the Prague Conservatory, the Sydney Opera House, Seoul Arts Center, Pretoria City Hall in South Africa, and Canada's May Fest.
A prizewinner of the New York Concert Artists & Associates Piano Competition, the New York Sinfonietta Competition, the Italy IBLA Grand Prize Competition, and the Global Music Awards, Dr. Hong was recognized as a Rising Artist, marking her solo recital debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
Dr. Hong has served as a collaborative pianist for the Carnegie Hall Festival since 2007, performing two to three times annually at Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium. Over the years, she has collaborated with distinguished conductors and musicians including Eph Ehly, André Thomas, Greg Gilpin, Jeffery Redding, Brandon Boyd, Rollo Dilworth, and Jessica Nápoles, among others. She has also appeared at major venues including Lincoln Center, London's Southbank Royal Festival Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Taipei National Concert Hall, and the New Caledonia Korean Festival. Her festival appearances include the Aspen Music Festival, Salzburg Summer Festival, Prague Summer Festival, Busan Maru International Music Festival, and InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy.
Dr. Hong's current artistic and scholarly interests include 20th- and 21st-century piano repertoire, contemporary piano techniques and their pedagogical applications, and piano pedagogy. She presents lectures, lecture-recitals, masterclasses, and conference presentations at universities and conferences throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Her recording projects include the 2020 release Monkey to the Sky, featuring music by Michigan State University composer and professor Ricardo Lorenz for euphonium, piano, and winds, released by Potenza Music. In 2026, she recorded Hymetation: Solo Piano Works, released by Musicaos in Korea.
In academia, Dr. Hong has served as Associate Professor and Director of Piano Studies at Northwest Nazarene University and has held faculty appointments at the Korea National University of Arts and the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She also coordinated the Pre-College Program at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities International Piano Camp and has presented masterclasses and served as an adjudicator internationally.
Dr. Hong currently serves as Assistant Professor of Piano at Prairie View A&M University, where she is also Artistic Director of PianoFest at PVAMU. She additionally holds appointments as Artist Faculty at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy, the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, and the Euro Academy in Poland. Her students have earned top prizes in numerous national and 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 in Bloomington and completed doctoral studies in Piano Performance at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory before earning the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Kansas. She also holds a Professional Keyboard Skills Certificate from Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Dr. Hong is an active member of the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA), Texas Music Teachers Association (TMTA), Katy Music Teachers Association (KMTA), and European Piano Teachers Association (EPTA, UK). She is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society and a recipient of the Pi Kappa Lambda Award.