South Korean pianist Saeyoon Chon won First Prize at the 2018 Dublin International Piano Competition. He is also a prizewinner of the Valencia International Piano Competition Prize Iturbi (Second Prize) and the Vendôme Prize (Third Prize), as well as the Maria Canals, Young Concert Artists, Seoul, Hanoi, and Hilton Head International Piano Competitions. In 2021, he received the Tabor Foundation Award at the Verbier Festival as the outstanding pianist of the festival’s soloist programs.
 

After making his New York debut at Carnegie Hall, Mr. Chon has performed at renowned venues worldwide. As a winner of the Steinway Prizewinner Tour, he made his debut at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig in 2019, broadcast live nationwide on MDR radio. His performances have also taken him to the Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), Église de Verbier, Severance Hall (Cleveland), Seoul Arts Center, Salle Cortot (Paris), Koerner Hall (Toronto), Bella Concert Hall (Calgary), Lincoln Center (New York), the National Concert Hall (Dublin), Salle Bourgie (Montreal), Jinji Lake Concert Hall (Suzhou), and Hong Kong City Hall.
 

As a dedicated chamber musician, Mr. Chon performs regularly at major 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 esteemed artists such as Midori, Barry Shiffman, Nicholas Kitchen, Denis Goldfeld, Michael Kannen, Thomas Carroll, Jens Lindemann, and the Calidore String Quartet.
 

As a soloist, he has appeared with The Cleveland Orchestra and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, as well as with orchestras in Seoul, Valencia, Hilton Head, Hanoi, Astana, and Hong Kong. Since 2022, he has served as Artist-in-Residence at Schloss Hafenpreppach in Bavaria, presenting annual chamber music projects and recitals.
 

A graduate of The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music and The Juilliard School, Mr. Chon is an alumnus of the Verbier Festival Academy and a fellow of the Ravinia Festival Steans Music Institute. His principal teachers include Robert McDonald, John O’Conor, Leon Fleisher, Jeffrey Swann, James Anagnoson, and Hyoung-Joon Chang.
 

Mr. Chon is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at NYU Steinhardt, where he serves on the faculty in Piano Studies. He is also a faculty member at the Brooklyn College Preparatory Center (CUNY).
 

September 2026 · saeyoonchon.com