EUNHEE BAEK
PIANIST
Pianist Eunhee Baek is known for the richness and variety of her sound and her poetic interpretations.
She gave her first recital at the age of 13 as part of the Kumho Young Talent series in Seoul, followed by numerous orchestral appearances and recitals.
As a pre-college student, she studied piano as well as composition at the Korean National University of Arts. She later studied with Mi-Joo Lee at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she completed her Diploma (2014) and Konzertexamen (2017). Further studies took her to Jacques Rouvier at the Mozarteum University Salzburg and Boris Petrushansky at the International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy. During her studies, she was a scholarship recipient of the Gisela & Erich-Andreas Foundation, the Fondation Clavarte, and the German Music Council.
Eunhee Baek has received numerous prizes at international competitions. She won First Prize at the International Dr. Dichler Competition (2005/Vienna), Second Prize at the International Pietro Argento Competition (2011/Gioia del Colle), and Second Prize, with no First Prize awarded, at the Artur Schnabel Competition (2011/Berlin). At the International Young Virtuoso Competition (2016/Zagreb), she received First Prize as well as the Special Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Classical Sonata. Further distinctions include Fifth Prize at the International Competition in Lyon (2018), Second Prize
at both the International Liszt Danubia Competition and the Swiss International Online Competition (2021), and First Prize at the International Liszt Center Competition (2022).
A central focus of her artistic work is her long-term project devoted to interpreting the complete piano works of Franz Liszt.
She is particularly drawn to the poetic expression and inner depth of his music, which she explores through her own musical language.
As an artist with Da Vinci Classics, she continues her recording series dedicated to Liszt’s piano works.
In 2024, she released her first CD, featuring the complete cycle of Liszt’s Harmonies poétiques et religieuses.
For this recording, she was awarded the Liszt Grand Prix du Disque by the Franz Liszt Society in Hungary in 2026.
Her second CD, featuring Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage: Troisième année and Trois Apparitions, was released in 2026;
her third album, featuring the Schwanengesang transcription cycle, is scheduled for release in 2027.
She also performs as a piano duo with pianist Guillaume Durand-Piketty, appearing with him on international stages in Germany, France, Italy,
Thailand, and Korea.
Alongside her concert career, Eunhee Baek is committed to fostering the next generation of musicians.
She has given a masterclass at Oita University in Japan and served as a jury member for the German youth music competition Jugend musiziert.
Since 2019, she has taught at the Berlin University of the Arts.