Rising
Musical Star
Born, Montreal, 1973, to
Korean parents who immigrated to Canada, 1969, Lucille Chung, age 10, made
her piano debut, 1983, with the Montreal Symphony. When 15 years, she was
invited to tour Asia as featured soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra,
1989. That same year, she won first prize at the Stravinsky International
Piano Competition. Before she was 25 years old, she had performed with
the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Moscow Virtuosi, the Seoul Philharmonic,
the Budapest and Weimar orchestras in addition to performing throughout
Canada. Her recital credits include the Kennedy Center, Washington; New
York’s Carnegie Hall; Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw; Great Hall of Franz Liszt
Academy, Budapest; Salzburg’s Mozarteum; Montreal’s Place des Arts; and
Toronto’s Ford Centre for the Performing Arts. A graduate of the Curtis
Institute of Music, B.M., Philadelphia, and the Juilliard School, M.M.,
NewYork, she has studied, among others, under Seymour Lipkin, Karl-Heinz
Kämmerling, and Lazar Berman. Lucille Chung has brought as much fame
to Canada for her accomplishments as a pianist as to herself. Canada has
recognized her achievements as a musician with the 1999 Canada Council
for the Arts Virginia Parker Prize. Currently, Fellow, Accademia Pianistica
(Incontri col Maestro) di Imola with Giovanni Valentini, Lucille Chung
has been called by The Washington Post an “exciting” and “gutsy” pianist.
Perhaps the Budapest Sun said it best when she performed in Hungary: she’s
“a rising musical star.” [Photo, courtesy Lucille Chung]