By Kwaak Je-yup
Two of the country’s most talented pianists and active professors of classical music have been invited by the Leeds International Piano Competition as members of this year’s jury.
Shin Soo-jung, professor at the Seoul National University and Kim Dae-jin, professor at the Korean National University of Arts will be seated alongside 13 others, including American pianist Robert Levin, Brazilian pianist-turned-conductor Joao Carlos Martins and French pianist Pascal Roge. Co-founder of the competition Dame Fanny Waterman will preside over the jury.
Founded in 1961 by Waterman and Marion Thorpe, former Countess of Harewood and hosted by Leeds Town Hall every three years since its first edition in 1963, it is one of the premier competitions in the world of classical