South Korean pianist Hyojin Shin has performed worldwide in France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Israel, the United States, Morocco, and South Korea, on four continents. Since her orchestral debut at the age of 11 with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Shin has appeared as a soloist with the Bazzini Consort Orchestra, the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yale Philharmonia, and the Miami Chamber Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra, among others.
Her international accomplishments began with winning second prize at the Jacob Flier International Piano Competition in 2022. In the following years, Shin won first prize and the Audience Prize at the Lyon International Piano Competition, first prize and the Best Performance prize for an Ibero-American composition, third prize at the Teresa Carreno Master International Piano Competition, and the Sascha Gorodnitzki Discretionary Prize at the Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition.
Shin earned her bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University where she studied with Aviram Reichert, a Master of Music degree and a Master of Musical Arts degree at the Yale School of Music under the tutolage of Boris Slutsky, and an Artist Diploma at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, studying with Yoshikazu Nagai. She will be pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Peabody Institute from this fall and continuing studying with Boris Slutsky.