Chi Ho Han (한지호; born 19 January 1992) is a South Korean pianist.

Chi Ho Han
Born (1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32)
NationalitySouth Korean
OccupationPianist
Korean name
Hangul
한지호
Revised RomanizationHan Ji-ho
McCune–ReischauerHan Chiho

He has won the 10th Seoul International Music Competition,[1] 2nd Prize in ARD international music competition in Munich (with no 1st prize awarded)[2] and Silver Medal (2nd Prize) in Gina Bachauer international piano competition[3] in 2014, as well as 1st Prize and Audience Prize in the 11th Kissinger Klavierolymp in Germany (2013), Géza Anda Prize in the 12th Concours Géza Anda[4] in Zurich (2012), 2nd Prize and Audience Prize in the International Telekom Beethoven Piano Competition in Bonn[5] (2011), 2nd Prize and Special Prize in the Schubert International Piano Competition in Dortmund (2011), 3rd Prize in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Vienna[6] (2009), 4th prize in Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2016.

He has performed in Vienna (Musikverein), Munich (Herkulessaal), Zürich (Tonhalle), Dortmund (Klavier-Festival Ruhr), Beijing (Forbidden City Concerto Hall), Seoul, St Petersburg, and Tokyo and has played with orchestras such as the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and a number of other orchestras in Germany, France, Korea and the United States.[7]

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He studied in Seoul Arts High School with Jiae Kim and with Prof. Kyung Seun Pee.,[8] and then he went to Germany and studied at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen with Prof. Arnulf von Arnim.[8] He is now studying under Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hanover and at the international Piano Academy Lake Como[7]

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  1. ^ "Seoul International Music Competition 2014". www.seoulcompetition.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-07. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  2. ^ Rundfunk, Bayerischer (2014-09-15). "ARD Music Competition : Prize Winners 2014". www.br.de (in German). Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  3. ^ "2014 Winners of the Artists Competition Announced". Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  4. ^ "Concours Géza Anda". www.geza-anda.ch. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  5. ^ "Chi Ho Han". Telekom Beethoven Competition Bonn. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  6. ^ "Internationaler Beethoven Klavierwettbewerb - Prize Winners". www.mdw.ac.at. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  7. ^ a b "Chi Ho Han". www.imkeb.be. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-06-03.
  8. ^ a b "HAN, Chi Ho | Gina Bachauer". Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation. Archived from the original on 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-06-13.