SOO-KYUNG PARK
Flute

Manhattan School of Music Pre College; New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program; Saarburg Music Festival

Flutist Soo-Kyung Park enjoys a multi-faceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral player, artistic director, writer and teacher.  Ms. Park first won international acclaim as winner of the Promising Artist Search in her native South Korea, where she performed in recital at the Seoul Arts Center, and subsequently won first prize in the New York Flute Club Competition, performing in New York’s Cami Hall.  

She has performed as soloist with the Korean Symphony at Alice Tully Hall.  Her radio credits include APR’s “Performance Today” and WQXR’s “McGraw Hill Young Artist Showcase” hosted by Bob Sherman, where she was featured performing Mozart’s Flute Concerto. 

Her recent solo and chamber music appearances include solo and chamber music concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Hall and the Riverside Church in New York City. She has performed a duo recital in Norfolk, Virginia with Bonnie Kim and made an appearance at the Cooperstown Chamber Music Series as a member of the magical Flutes. She has performed and toured as principal flute and piccolo with orchestras throughout the United States, Israel and Asia, with some of the world’s most eminent conductors including Pierre Boulez, James DePreist, Jahja Ling, Kurt Masur, Byung Hyun Rhee, Leonard Slatkin, Gerard Schwarz and Hugh Wolff.  Orchestras she has performed with include the Juilliard Orchestra, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Spoleto Festival Orchestra, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra and Shira Festival Orchestra of Israel.  

Ms. Park teaches and coaches ensembles at the Manhattan School of Music, Pre-College, New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program, New York Summer Music Festival and Saarburg Music Festival in Germany. In addition to maintaining an active private teaching studio, she is founder and CEO of an educational consulting company specializing in preparing American and international students for conservatory auditions and summer festivals, local, national and international competitions.

Ms. Park is the founding member and artistic director of the Musicians of Lenox Hill and flutist of Sonic Euphoria. She has also produced numerous master classes featuring such world renowned flutists as Jeanne Baxtresser, Bart Feller, Michael Parloff and Keith Underwood. As an author, Ms. Park writes regularly for “Flute and Flutist” magazine in Korea, where her contributions include featured cover story interviews with Jeanne Baxtresser and Carol Wincenc. Her articles have also appeared in the Juilliard Journal. 

Upon arriving in United States in 1984, Ms. Park was accepted as the youngest flutist at The Juilliard School in the Pre-College Division, where she studied with Bonnie Lichter. She continued her studies at The Juilliard School where she earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music Performance under the tutelage of Julius Baker and Jeanne Baxtresser.