Biography

Hailed as an expressive, intelligent, and meticulous performer, Korean-born Canadian-American pianist Haewon Yang is sought after for her flexibility across different genres and carefully studied interpretations. She has won top awards across North America for her performances and academic work from organizations like the Shean Music Competition, Music Teacher’s National Association, Indiana University Concerto Competition, the Canadian Music Competition, Indianapolis Matinee Musicale, and the Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation.

Haewon’s programs are known to include the depth of the piano repertoire, from the familiar to the unknown. Working closely alongside composers, she has presented many world premieres and new works new works to audiences around North America, as one of her passions is to bring new and under-represented composers into the spotlight through her performances. Her debut album is expected to be released in 2025 through PARMA recordings, which will feature the complete solo piano repertoire of American composer Harry Bulow.

As an active performer, Haewon has been invited to many venues across North America. Recent highlights include performing Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto with the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, the Southwest Arts Recital Series in Santa Fe, NM, the Tippecanoe Chamber Music Festival in West Lafayette, IN, guest artist recitals at Purdue University, Butler University, Taylor University, Earlham College, Indiana University East, and Franklin College, and broadcasts of her performances on WCTV in Wayne County, Indiana. In the 2024-2025 season, Haewon will be the guest soloist with the Los Alamos Symphony, performing Saint-Saens’ Second Piano Concerto.

After getting a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance with distinction and full scholarship from the University of Toronto, Haewon went on to complete graduate degrees with full financial support from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, completing with a Doctor of Music in Piano Performance and Literature, with a Minor in Music Education. Her doctoral research focused on the analysis of piano compositions of child prodigy composers, which included the celebrated living composer and pianist Emile Naoumoff. Haewon attributes the entirety of her pianistic formation and musical training to her teachers Paulette Price, Marietta Orlov, and Arnaldo Cohen.

Alongside performing, Haewon has a heart for teaching, and has previously held faculty positions at Indiana University East and the Young Pianist Program at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She is active in the music teacher community, and currently serves as the Northeast-I District Vice-President of the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico, which is affiliated with the Music Teachers National Association. Starting in November 2024, she will start her term as the President of the PMTNM.

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Haewon currently resides in Los Alamos, New Mexico, and calls Ottawa, Canada home. She currently teaches at the University of New Mexico – Los Alamos campus, while maintaining an active performing and teaching career. www.haewonyang.com