Chloe Mun

At the age of 18, pianist Chloe Jiyeong Mun came to the world’s attention in 2014 when she won First Prize at the Geneva International Competition in Switzerland. In 2015, she also claimed victory at the Busoni International Competition in Italy. Since then, she has garnered a reputation as one of the most sought-after musicians of her generation. She has collaborated with leading conductors worldwide, including Myung-whun Chung, Alexander Shelley, Yuri Bashmet, James Judd, Roberto Beltran Zavala, Victor Pablo Perez, Mario Venzago, and Eiji Oue, performing with renowned orchestras such as the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Moscow Soloists, Asia Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Trieste Verdi Orchestra, Nuova Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, Palermo Festival Orchestra, MAV Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta y Coro de la Comunidad de Madrid (ORCAM), Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, and Korean National Symphony Orchestra. For recitals, she has appeared at the Gewandhaus, Wigmore Hall, Warsaw Philharmonic, Salle Cortot, Philharmonie Arthur Rubinstein in Bydgoszcz, and Seoul Arts Center. She has also performed at prestigious festivals including Chopin and His Europe, Duszniki Chopin Festival, Arthur Rubinstein Piano Festival, Festival Omaggio di Michelangeli, and Pharos Music Festival.

She released her debut album, Schumann Piano Sonata No.1 & Fantasie, with Deutsche Grammophon. Additionally, as a dedicated chamber musician, she is annually invited to perform at the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music and Seoul International Music Festival. In 2021, she premiered Jeajoon Ryu’s Sonata for Viola and Piano at the Seoul Arts Center with violist Sangjin Kim.

Born in Yeosu, South Korea, Mun began studying piano at the age of five. She studied with Daejin Kim at the Korea National University of Arts from 2010 to 2020 and is currently continuing her studies as an artist diploma student at the Barenboim Said Academy with Sir András Schiff. In the season 2024-2025, she was part of his concert series Building Bridges, and performed at the festival of Chigiana, Michelangeli and Ferruccio Busoni, Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Festival Rencontres Musicales de Noyers, and Canstatter Klavierfrühling.