Monday, July 15, 2024

Christina Sung | GRAND PRIZE | Piano | 11th Edition | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition


Christina Sung lives in Salt Lake City, Utah and is a student of Pf. Jihea Hong-Park at BYU. In 2024, she won first prize at the Emory University Young Artist Piano Competition, first prize in the regional round MTNA piano competition, and third prize in the national finals. In 2023, Christina won first prizes at the International Keyboard Odyssiad® Concerto Competition, Walgreens National Concerto Competition, Paderewski International Piano Competition, Medici International Music Competition, Radda Rise International Piano Competition, and BYU Piano Competition, among others. Additionally, Christina has appeared as a piano concerto soloist with Utah Symphony, Timpanogos Symphony Orchestra, American West Symphony, Utah Philharmonic Orchestra, American Fork Symphony, and Chamber Orchestra Ogden. Her performances have been broadcast on Classical 89 FM and ABC4 Television. Apart from her musical achievements, Christina is fluent in five languages, and enjoys figure skating and swimming in her leisure time.  

Transcendental Etude No. 12 in B-flat minor "Chasse-neige" by Franz Liszt, and 
Variations for Piano, Op. 41 by Nikolai Kapustin (Total Duration: 13:00)