KIMBERLY HAN
F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S
E V E N T S
"...Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 is a stern test, even for seasoned professionals. In the concert’s sprawling first movement, 15-year-old Kimberly Han, winner of the Walgreens National Concerto Competition MYA Division, seemed unfazed by any of these difficulties, either digitally or musically. She dug into the swift scaler passages with ease, and held nothing back during the composer’s wryly dissonant outbursts and blistering scalar passages. Her feisty reading combined equal measures of vigor and polish, and she tended to the movements’ odd lyrical moments with a delicate touch..."
"16-year-old Kimberly Han is no stranger to fans of MYAC’s stellar music program. She is a potent double threat as violinist and pianist, three-time prize winner in the Walgreen’s Concerto Competition, and prize winner in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Youth Competition. Her dazzling reading of the finale of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major was also the finale of the concert, and what a splendid ending it was for both soloist and orchestra. Every twist and turn of the work was handled with ease, and the final bars earned the musicians a richly deserved standing ovation."
M. Cameron, Chair of String Division, UIUC
"... ability to give each note the perfect weight bringing out the multiple melodies within the piece..."
98.7FM WFMT "Introductions"
"...14-year-old piano virtuoso highlighted the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra's weekend performance...'Rhapsody in Blue' with Han masterfully handling the complex piano solos..."
Kankakee Valley Daily Journal
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April 2023
Senior Solo Recital
Bach, Debussy and Chopin
Sudler Recital Hall
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Recordings of Recent Concerts
Yale Winter Chamber Music Concert @ Yale School of Music on Dec 17, 2022
Junior Solo Recital @ Yale on May 6, 2022
Yale Spring Chamber Music Concert @ Yale School of Music on May 1, 2022
Yale Winter Chamber Music Concert @ Yale School of Music on Dec 12, 2021
Play it Forward Virtual Concert @ Lang Lang International Music Foundation on Aug 28, 2020
Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert @ Chicago Cultural Center on Aug 14, 2019
WFMT 98.7FM "Introductions" Performance and Interviewed by Michael San Gabino on March 9, 2019
Prokofiev Piano No. 3, 3rd movement with MYAC Symphony Orchestra on Aug 20, 2017
Babadjanian Piano Trio in F-sharp minor, Allegro Vivace - Trio Fiammata on Jan 29, 2017
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22 with Highland Park Strings on October 23, 2016
Prokofiev Piano No. 3, 1st movement with MYAC Symphony Orchestra on Aug 28, 2016
WFMT 98.7FM "Introductions" Performance and Interviewed by David Polk on May 22, 2016
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor with Lake Forest Civic Orchestra on May 15, 2016
Prokofiev Piano No. 3, 1st movement with MYAC Symphony Orchestra on Feb 28, 2016
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue with Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra (KVSO) on Feb 13, 2016
WFMT 98.7FM "Introductions" Performance and Interviewed by David Polk on Jan 17, 2015
For more concerts information in 2022-2023, please go to "Concerts" on this website. Thank you very much!