Hana Chung

PIANIST HANA CHUNG IS A CERTIFIED RCM ADVANCED SPECIALIST (PRACTICAL AND THEORY) (2017) AND HOLDS A BACHELOR OF MUSIC DEGREE IN PIANO PERFORMANCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN ALBERTA AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REGISTERED MUSIC TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. HAVING WON COMPETITIONS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FESTIVALS IN BOTH CANADA AND KOREA SINCE SHE WAS YOUNG; SHE HAS CONTINUED HER PASSION FOR PIANO PERFORMANCE BY BEING INVOLVED WITH COMPETITIONS AND RECITALS IN BOTH SOLO AND CHAMBER MUSIC PERFORMANCES. HER EXPERTISE WITH THE PIANO WAS GAINED THROUGH A TRUE LOVE OF THE INSTRUMENT, MANY DEDICATED HOURS AND SOME VERY ESTEEMED PROFESSORS WITH WHOM SHE HAS STUDIED UNDER INCLUDING MR. GLEN MONTGOMERY, DR. SEUNG-HYE, LEE, MRS, ELIZABETH BERGMANN, DR. BARRIE BARRINGTON AND DR. PAWEL CHECINSKI. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MASTERCLASS WORKSHOPS OF RENOWNED PIANISTS SUCH AS THE BERGMANN DUO, DAVID JALBERT, LENA HENCHELL, DMITRY NESTEROV AND BRUCE VOGT. PRESENTLY SHE HAS A PRIVATE PIANO STUDIO IN MAPLE RIDGE, BC AND IS A FACULTY MEMBER OF "BEETHOVEN AT HOME SCHOOL OF MUSIC". HER STUDENTS HAVE WON NUMEROUS AWARDS IN MAJOR MUSIC FESTIVALS SUCH AS THE KIWANIS MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND HAS A FLAWLESS RECORD IN ASSISTING HER STUDENTS TO NOT ONLY PASS BUT EXCEL AT THEIR RCM EXAM, CONSERVATORY CANADA EXAM OR UNDERGRADUATE ENTRANCE AUDITIONS.