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CONCERT PIANIST: Hebert/Kwon piano duo, Co-founder
of Sapphire Ensemble (2007) with Demetrius Spaneas, Member of
Forecast New Music Ensemble, Member of Light and Sound Water Trio
EDUCATION:
DMA, Doctorate of Musical Arts in piano performance, highest
honors, Boston University
MM, Master of Music in piano performance, highest honors and
Distinction in Performance Award, New England Conservatory of
Music
BM, Bachelor of Music in piano performance, highest honors and
Academic All-American Award, University of Texas at Austin
Prize-winning pianist Elaine Kwon has performed
solo and chamber music concerts throughout the US and internationally.
She received standing ovations at her sold-out, 2008 Carnegie
Hall debut concert in Weill Recital Hall as well as in her 2009/2010
season opening concerts as soloist with the Toronto Philharmonia
Orchestra and the Finger Lakes Symphony. For 10 years she toured
regularly as part of the Hebert/Kwon piano duo and has appeared
on public television and radio in the US, China and Bulgaria.
As collaborative musician, she has presented highly-acclaimed
performances of piano music combined with other art forms at Carnegie
Hall, Lincoln Center Rose Studio, Angel Orensanz Theater and other
venues. As a composer, she created an original score for the Shakespearean
play, Corsetless, which recently toured through Ireland in 2009,
after initial performances in New York City (Lincoln Center Rose
Studio and Carnegie Hall) and Buffalo, NY. She is a member of
the Forecast New Music Group, Light and Sound Water Trio (with
violin and cello) and co-founder of the New York chamber music
group, Sapphire Ensemble.
Elaine Kwon and Sandra Hebert have performed as
a piano duo since 1996. Although they met in Boston, both are
natives of eastern Washington State. They performed throughout
the United States and were on tour in the People's Republic of
China. In addition to concerts, they gave master classes and were
guests on Chinese radio and were broadcast on television. In Boston
they are regular guests on WGBH radio's "Classical Performances."
Elaine Kwon and Demetrius Spaneas (saxophone, clarinet,
flute) concertized extensively between 1996-98. In 2007, they
formed the chamber music group, Sapphire Ensemble in New York
City. Recent concerts include performances at Lincoln Center Rose
Studio, Yamaha Piano Salon, Knitting Factory, Tenri Cultural Institute,
ICO Gallery.
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