Description

Hyuk Namkoong was born in South Korea and moved to Bahrain with his family at an early age. He won first prize in the Young Musician of the Gulf, alongside with the Best Pianist Award and Most Promising Bahrain-Based Musician Award in 2010. In the same year, he received third prize in the First International Chopin Competition in Kuwait. Further, he has previously been invited to participate in the Second Aegaeon Art International Festival in Greece. In 2014, he has performed in a Winners Concert in the Crescendo Summer Institute in Hungary. Hyuk also achieved the B. Mus degree from the Royal Academy of Music in 2015.

In 2016, Hyuk Namkoong?s performance of Nikolai Kapustin?s Sonata-Fantasia at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has appeared on the news (Herald Scotland). He was also described as a ?power-driven? classical pianist. Hyuk received his Masters of Music degree in Piano Performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2017, where he was under the tutelage of Petras Geniušas. After finishing his studies at the RCS, Hyuk returned to South Korea to complete his military service which is compulsory for every South Korean man. During the two years of service, Hyuk had the opportunity to perform in front of the general of Republic of Korea Army.

Qualifications
Masters of Music in Piano Performance (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, 2017)

Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance (Royal Academy of Music, 2015)

Testimonial
?Power-driven Korean Hyuk Namkoong was first off with Nikolai Kapustin?s Sonata-Fantasia, which began its journey out east but wandered into Hollywood, Tin Pan Alley and 52nd Street, picking up widescreen and jazz influences wherever it walked. Hyuk gave it a knockout performance. I don?t know if he got the jokes, but this listener, corpsing quietly in the back row, was dazzled.? ? Michael Tumelty (Classical music writer), Herald Scotland, 29th February 2016

Recordings
Performance from October 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjwlncXVFcY

Awards
First prize in the Young Musician of the Gulf 2010
Third prize in the First International Chopin Competition in Kuwait 2010
First prize in the New Rising Star Competition in Glasgow 2015



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9 Nether Edge Road,

Sheffield,

South Yorkshire,

England,

S7 1RU.