Eun-Jung Byun, Ensemble Pianist

Eun-Jung Byun has been highly successful in building her reputation in a specialized area of ensemble piano. She has been working as an accompanist in the Vocal/Opera Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music after her completion of the Master of Performance (Accompaniment) degree. She has played in masterclasses with Janice Chapman, Steven Isserlis & Ian Brown, Yvonne Kenny & Iain Burnside and Julian Rachlin & Itamar Golan.

Eun-Jung studied with Elizabeth Powell and David Miller. During her studies, she performed in partnership with Andrew Barnes, Susan Blake, Rowena Cowley, Wendy Dixon, Michael Halliwell, Georg Pedersen and Barry Ryan. She now works regularly with the students of Goetz Richter and Maree Ryan.

The recipient of numerous scholarships and prizes, Eun-Jung was selected to take part in the student exchange program at the Royal Academy of Music, London. She was awarded the International Exchange Scholarship and the College of Humanities and Social Science Scholarship from the University of Sydney in recognition of her selection as a representative of the university in 2004. She studied with Clifford Benson and participated in masterclass with Malcolm Martineau. As well, she was invited to perform at a fundraising concert supporting the Victoria League Student House for Commonwealth Students at Australia House in London .

Eun-Jung is currently a member of the Accompanists’ Guild of NSW. This year, she will be working as one of the official accompanists for the McDonald’s Performing Arts Challenge and the NSW Flute Society Eisteddfod. This is her second appearance at the Sydney Schubert Society Concert series with the outstanding students from the Vocal/Opera Unit of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.