Grace Yeo

Grace Yeo was born in Seoul, Korea and commenced her piano studies at the age of four. Since then, she attended Yewon School and Seoul High School of Arts whilst appearing frequently as soloist in Korea.
In 2004, she began her undergraduate studies with Professor Hie-Yon Choi as a scholarship student at the Seoul National University. She was invited to perform at the ‘Young Artists Concert Series' in Seoul and has performed in many famous venues such as Young-San Art Hall and Ceramic Palace Hall in Korea. She has performed concertos by Beethoven, Chopin and Schumann and in January 2008 she played ‘Liszt Piano Concerto No.1' with the ‘Mostly Philharmonic Orchestra' in Korea.
In 2008, she was awarded the ‘Barbara Stringer Scholarship' for postgraduate studies in London at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she is currently studying with Joan Havill, Senior Professor of Piano. Recently she completed Master Studies with Distinction (Guildhall Artists) and also has been awarded the prestigious Guildhall Artist Fellowship for 2010/2011.
She is a recipient of awards from the ‘Leverhulme Trust', the ‘Craxton Memorial Trust' and the ‘Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund' in 2010/11.
In Korea, Grace has been a major prizewinner in many competitions including the First Prize in the C.Bechstein-Samick Piano Competition, in the 35th Newspaper of Music Education Competition and in the Sung-Jung Music competition. Since arriving in London, Grace has won the Beethoven Piano Prize and Romantic Piano Prize at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. In 2009 she won the First Prize and Audience Prize in the Intercollegiate Beethoven Piano Competition sponsored by the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe. Most recently, she became a top prizewinner of the Norah Sande Award Competition and the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition 2010.
She performed Grieg's Piano Concerto with the All Souls Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall last May and forthcoming dates throughout the UK include recitals for the Concordia Foundation, the Bluthner Piano Centre, the Rachmaninoff Society and the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe.