Praised by the Philadelphia’s Inquirer as an artist, “one could hardly heap too much praise for,” Sejoon Park is a conductor and a pianist, born to cellist parents in Seoul, Korea. Mr. Park made his orchestral debut as a solo pianist with Korea’s Busan Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of ten. Moving to United States shortly after, Mr. Park was featured on Washingtonian Magazine as “Best of 2004” and his performance was broadcasted on the NPR.

In his pianistic career, Mr. Park received top prizes from the New Orleans International Piano Competition, the PianoArts Competition, the Southeastern Piano Competition, and the King Award for Young Artists. He is the winner of 2014 Astral Artists Audition. 

In 2019, Mr. Park was accepted as a graduate candidate of orchestral conducting program of Professor Ruediger Bohn at the Robert Schumann Musikhochschule. Shortly after, he has conducted the Robert Schumann Hochschule Orchester in concerts, as well as leading the rehearsals of Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, and Uni-Orchestra of Bonn. In February of 2020, he led the Dinu Lipatti Philharmonic of Satu Mare, Romania, in performance, and conducted the world premiere of “Ga, Na, Da,” by Korean composer, Nayoung Yook in Duesseldorf.  Mr. Park has participated in conducting masterclasses with renowned professors, Christian Ehwald, Sigmund Thorp, Larry Rachleff and Mark Gibson. He was an active participant of Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest Conducting Masterclass in 2018.

As a versatile musician, his recent performances include his solo recital in Philadelphia, which was broadcast in its entirety on WWFM Radio, and he has appeared on stages of Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the Benedict Music Tent in Aspen, Colorado. He appeared as the soloist with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the Salina Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Park’s performances have been broadcasted on WQXR, WWFM radio.

Mr. Park holds Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma degrees from the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University and Master’s degree from the Juilliard School in Piano Performance.