Yeol Eum Son

Yeol Eum Son (Korean: 손열음; born May 2, 1986) is a South Korean classical pianist. She is an interpreter of the classical period of composers, especially Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, as well as such later composers as Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. Son has attained international recognition for her performances of Mozart's piano concertos and sonatas. Son is an internationally recognized concert pianist with major orchestras, performing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and with such conductors as Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Valery Gergiev, Sir Antonio Pappano, Edward Gardner, Sakari Oramo and Jaap van Zweden. She performs recitals at Carnegie Hall in New York City, US, at Wigmore Hall in London, UK and at the Edinburgh International Festival in UK.