EUNHEE BAEK

Eunhee Baek was born in Seoul. She gave her first recital at the age of 13 as part of the Kumho Young Talent series in Seoul, followed by numerous orchestral concerts and solo recitals. As a pre-college student, she studied piano as well as composition at the Korean National University of Arts.

She completed her Diploma (2014) and Konzertexamen (2017) at the Berlin University of the Arts, where she studied with Mi-Joo Lee. During her studies, she was a scholarship holder of the Gisela & Erich Andreas Foundation, the Fondation Clavarte, and the Deutscher Musikrat.

She continued her studies with Jacques Rouvier at the Mozarteum University Salzburg, completing a postgraduate program in 2018. Further studies led her to Boris Petrushansky at the International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy, where she completed her studies in 2023.

 

Eunhee Baek has won prizes at numerous international competitions, including First Prize at the International Dr. Dichler Competition (2005, Vienna), Second Prize at the Pietro Argento International Competition (2011, Gioia del Colle), and Second Prize at the Artur Schnabel Competition (2011, Berlin). She also received First Prize and the Special Prize for Best Interpretation of a Classical Sonata at the International Young Virtuoso Competition (2016, Zagreb), Fifth Prize at an international competition in Lyon (2018), Second Prize at the Liszt Danubia International Competition and the Swiss International Online Competition (2021), and First Prize at the Liszt Center International Competition (2022).

 

Distinguished by her versatile and expressive playing, Eunhee Baek is noted for her exceptional sensitivity and depth. For several years, she has been devoted to the project of interpreting the complete piano works of Franz Liszt. In 2024, she released a CD recording of the complete cycle

''Harmonies poétiques et religieuses'' by Franz Liszt.

In 2025, she undertook a concert tour in Japan, Thailand, Germany, and Italy in connection with the CD release and gave a masterclass at Oita University in Japan. The release of her second CD, featuring Année de Pèlerinage III and Apparitions, is planned for 2026.

 

Alongside her solo career, she was a member of the contemporary music ensemble Berlin-Essenz. She regularly performs as a piano duo with Guillaume Durand-Piketty, and together they have appeared in concerts across Germany, France, Italy, Thailand, and Korea at various distinguished venues.

She also has a strong enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaborations, working with artists from fields such as photography and stage arts to create concert projects that blend music with visual and theatrical expression.

Since 2019, she has been teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts.