South Korean pianist Saeyoon Chon won First Prize at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition and has been a major prizewinner at international piano competitions including the Maria Canals, Young Concert Artist, Vendome, Valencia Iturbi, Hanoi, Los Angeles, Orford, Cooper, Isidor Bajić, Seoul, and Hilton Head International Piano Competitions. At the Verbier Festival, he received the Tabor Award as the outstanding pianist in the festival’s soloist programs.

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Chon made his New York debut at Carnegie Hall and has since performed at renowned venues such as the Gewandhaus (Leipzig), the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Église (Verbier), Seoul Arts Center(Seoul), Salle Cortot (Paris), Koerner Hall (Toronto), Lincoln Center (New York), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), Salle Bourgie (Montreal), Jinji Lake Concert Hall (Suzhou), and Hong Kong City Hall. 

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As a chamber musician, Chon regularly performs at festivals, including the Verbier Festival, Ravinia Festival, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival, Rockport Chamber Music Festival, and the Hamburg Chamber Music Festival at the Elbphilharmonie. He has collaborated with artists such as Midori Goto, Barry Shiffman, Nicholas Kitchen, Denis Goldfeld, Michael Kannen, Thomas Carroll, Jens Lindemann, and the Calidore String Quartet.

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A graduate of The Juilliard School, Chon is an alumnus of the Verbier Festival Soloist Academy and a fellow at the Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute. He studied piano with teachers, including Robert McDonald, John O’Conor, Jeffrey Swann, Hyoung-Joon Chang, James Anagnoson, and Leon Fleisher.

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As a soloist, Chon has performed with orchestras, including those of Cleveland, Seoul, Hong Kong, Valencia, Hilton Head, Astana, and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in Dublin. Since 2022, he has been an artist-in-residence at Schloss Hafenpreppach, Bavaria, where he presents chamber music projects and recitals every summer.

He is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, where he is a member of the faculty in Piano Studies