Jung-Won Shin 

Pianist Jung-Won Shin has appeared as an active solo and collaborative pianist with a large range of repertoire for solo, vocal, and chamber music at recitals and concerts in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, Austria, and Korea. She has won prizes and has been selected as a finalist at several solo, chamber music, and concerto competitions, such as the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, the Annual Kankakee International Piano Concerto Competition, and the Korean Festival Ensemble Chamber Music Competitions. Her current and recent projects include a series of recitals on Beethoven’s piano sonatas and concertos, annual collaborative recitals with violinist Anne-Gaëlle Ravetto and trombonist Douglas Mark, recitals on solo piano works written by living American and Korean composers, a series of recitals and performances on piano duo and duet works by contemporary Korean and Japanese composers in collaboration with Kumiko Shimizu, piano trio recital and recording projects with violinist Yunjung Lee and cellist Dong Yeol Hong, cross-cultural performances with piri artist Jiyoon Kim, a daily piano exercise book for piano students, and an anthology of Korean art songs in collaboration with soprano Teri Herron.
 

Shin earned degrees in piano performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (D.M.A.), Indiana University (M.M.), and Seoul National University (B.M.), studying piano with Ian Hobson, Jeremy Denk, Hyung-Joon Chang, Unkyoung Kang, Hyeyoung Suh, and Eunsook Seo, and collaborative piano and chamber music with Leonard Hokanson, Mauricio Fuks, Ik-Hwan Bae, Eunhee Park, and Suren Bagratuni. 

Shin, the recipient of the 2023 S. E. Kossman Outstanding Teacher Award of Delta State University, served as Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Piano Preparatory Program, and was named Professor Emeritus of Music by the university in 2025. She is currently Assistant Professor of Piano and Coordinator of Piano Area at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM, Immediate Past President at the MMTA, Co-Vice President for Southwest District and MTNA Certification Chair at the Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico, and Secretary/Treasurer at the College Music Society Southern Chapter.