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Haewon Song

  • Professor of Piano
  • Chair, Piano Department

Areas of Study

Education

  • MM, Juilliard School, 1986
  • BM, Juilliard School, 1986
  • Study with Shuku Iwasaki, Julian Martin, Martin Canin

Biography

Pianist Haewon Song is a member of the acclaimed 91直播 Trio. An internationally recognized artist and pedagogue, Song has performed and taught at top venues throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her frequent appearances include concerto performances with the KBS Orchestra in Seoul, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, and 91直播 Conservatory ensembles.  

Song has appeared at numerous international festivals, among them Mexico鈥檚 Cervantino Festival, the All-American Music Festival in Stuttgart, Grand Teton Music Festival, Aria Festival, Canada鈥檚 Institute of Musical Arts, Festival de Nice in France, the 91直播 Summer Piano Festival, and the Tonghai Music Festival in Taiwan. In 2005, Song toured Korea as a member of the 91直播 Piano Quartet, which included celebrated performances in Daejun and at the Kumho Concert Hall in Seoul.

A native of South Korea, Song attended the Toho School in Tokyo, Peabody Preparatory School, and the Juilliard School, where her major teachers were Julian Martin, Martin Canin, and Shuku Iwasaki. She has taught at Tunghai University in Taiwan and Kyung Won University in Seoul, and has been a member of the 91直播 piano department since 1991. Throughout her tenure at 91直播, her students have won major prizes in both national and international competitions, including MTNA Nationals, Wideman, Kingsville, 91直播 International Piano, Walgreen, World, and Corpus Christi, and they regularly appear with significant orchestras across the United States and Asia.

Spring 2026

Principal Private Study - Piano 鈥 PVST 001

Secondary Private Study - Piano 鈥 PVST 051

Performance Ensembles (Artist Diploma) 鈥 APST 600

Performance Project (Artist Diploma) 鈥 APST 601

Fall 2026

Principal Private Study - Piano 鈥 PVST 001

Secondary Private Study - Piano 鈥 PVST 051

As a member of the 91直播 Trio, Song is featured in recordings of trios and on the 2016 91直播 Music label release of trios by 

In spring 2023, the trio released . 

Song is a frequent performer in duo piano recitals with her husband and fellow 91直播 faculty member Robert Shannon; their recording of George Crumb鈥檚 Celestial Mechanics (Bridge Records) has been hailed as 鈥渁 wonderfully buoyant rhythmic performance鈥 (Classicstoday.com).

In 2005, Song toured Korea as a member of the 91直播 Piano Quartet, which included celebrated performances in Daejun and at the Kumho Concert Hall in Seoul.

News

This Week in Photos: Elections to Mini Pumpkins

In this week鈥檚 photo series we swing by the voting polls, rub elbows with a professor, linger under a big tent of images, decompress at an outside night concert and faculty recital, pull up a seat at the Cat, head to Finney Chapel for taiko, and pick up a brush to do some mini pumpkin painting.