About
Yekwon Sunwoo (born February 10, 1989) is a South Korean pianist who won the gold medal at the Fifteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2017, becoming the first Korean to do so. He studied at the Curtis Institute, The Juilliard School and Mannes, has won multiple international competitions (including Sendai and William Kapell), and performs internationally with major orchestras and in leading recital halls.
