New York Debuts as Soloist and Recitalist

"...her tonal purity, her limpid elegance (evident in the pristine trills and gossamer glissandos in the first movement), her imaginative dynamics and articulation (listen to the piano jabs in the finale). And the performances are full of interpretative insight, too."
--Gramophone

“Performing Chopin Piano Concerto No.2, Yeol Eum Son had power and passion, fireworks and drama aplenty, but for me the true magic was in the music’s more introverted passages. The opening of the slow movement was exquisite, with both orchestra and pianist seeming to explore the inner reaches of the soul. This movement was all about the joy of the journey, with the arrival almost an afterthought.”
--Limelight Magazine

"She handled the exposed passagework full of scales and arpeggios with clarity and control. Son clearly has an affinity for Mozart. The audience responded enthusiastically with a standing ovation.”
–Ludwig Van (Toronto)

Pianist Yeol Eum Son is known for her refined artistry and breathtaking technical control as well as her wide-ranging repertoire, from Bach and Mozart to Shchedrin and Kapustin. She is in high demand around the world as recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician and has continued to deepen her artistry through collaborations with many of today’s leading conductors and ensembles.

This August, Yeol Eum Son makes her New York debut as soloist with the Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center as part of Summer for the City. In December, she makes her New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall with an inventive program of compelling works by pianist-composers, including several Carnegie premieres. She also debuts at the Colorado Music Festival and at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Further highlights of the 2025-2026 season include debut collaborations on four continents, with the New World Symphony (Miami) and Oregon Symphony in the U.S., as well as the Danish National, Swedish Radio, Bilbao and São Paulo State Symphonies and Israel, London and Hong Kong Philharmonics. Yeol Eum also enjoys return engagements with the Atlanta and Vancouver Symphony Orchestras in North America: with the BBC Symphony (performing in the UK and South Korea), Belgrade Philharmonic and Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Europe; and with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in Asia.

Her most recent release on Naïve Records is the album “Ravel: Piano Concertos – Bach/Wittgenstein,” which pairs Ravel’s concertos with Bach arrangements by the dedicatee of the Concerto for the Left Hand. The recording was praised for its “sharpness of articulation, projection, and clarity of vision” in Le Devoir (Canada). Yeol Eum Son’s extensive discography ranges from a complete set of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas to a disc devoted to the piano music of Nikolai Kapustin.

Season Highlights – North American and U.K. Concerts

August 8-9, 2025 / New York, NY - NYC CONCERTO DEBUT
Festival Orchestra of Lincoln Center/ Jonathon Heyward, Conductor 
CLARA SCHUMANN: Konzertsatz in F Minor
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September 28, 2025 / Saffron Walden, UK
London Philharmonia / Edward Gardner, Conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
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October 30 - November 1, 2025 / Scotland, UK
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Andrew Manze, Conductor
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C K467
MOZART Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor K491
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November 14-15, 2025 / Vancouver, BC
Vancouver Symphony / Otto Tausk, Conductor
RAVEL Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major
RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
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December 3, 2025 / Carnegie Hall, NYC / NYC RECITAL DEBUT
In this debut recital, Yeol Eum Son offers an inventive program of works by pianist-composers, starting with selections by Paderewski, Carnegie Hall’s first solo-piano superstar, and concluding with Rachmaninoff’s dazzling 13 Preludes, Op. 32. In-between are a fascinating series of Carnegie Hall premieres.
IGNACY JAN PADEREWSKI: Humoresque De Concert, Op.14 Book 1 (Pieces I, II, III)
ALICIA DE LARROCHA: Sonata Antigua
WANDA LANDOWSKA: Feu Follet
WANDA LANDOWSKA: Valse in E Minor
TATIANA NIKOLAYEVA: Elegy
ALEXIS WEISSENBERG: Etude
FRIEDRICH GULDA: No. 7 From Ten Pieces for Yuko
FRIEDRICH GULDA: No. 10 From Ten Pieces for Yuko
EARL WILD: Reminiscenes of Snow White
RACHMANINOV: Preludes Op. 32
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January 22-24, 2026 / Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra / David Danzmayr, Conductor
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major
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January 29 - February 1, 2026 / Portland, OR
Oregon Symphony / David Danzmayr, Conductor
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor
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