Franz Schubert: Wanderer Fantasie in C-Dur D.760 - Ji-Hye Shin

Ji-Hye Shin has won the 3rd prize at the 5th Bechstein Bruckner Competition Austria 2025. The Bechstein Bruckner Competition Austria is a collaboration between the piano manufacturer C. Bechstein and the Brucknerhaus Linz. The competition promotes young pianists studying in Austria and honors the country's rich musical tradition: Austria is home to nine universities and conservatories offering a solo piano course, which fosters a rich diversity of young pianistic talent. For this reason, the nominees are distinguished simply by being selected to compete in the 5th Bechstein-Bruckner Competition as representatives of their university or conservatory. Ji-Hye Shin was born in Seoul, South Korea in 2002 and won the “International Haydn Competition 2009” in South Korea at the age of 7. She has also been successful in numerous competitions. In 2019, she took part in masterclasses with Ivo Kahánek, Tatiana Fraňová and Marek Keprt in Austria and the Czech Republic. In 2022, she performed as a soloist in Ludwig van Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto in B flat major with the Pitești Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ivan Iliev in Romania. After graduating from Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, she studied under the guidance of Jae-hee Kim and Chung-yub Paik and has been studying at the Anton Bruckner Private University with Reinhold Puri-Jobi since 2023. www.bechstein.com www.beleninov-production.com