Haewon Song, Piano
HAEWONG SONG is an active artist and pedagogue who has performed and taught throughout
the United States and worldwide in such countries as France, Germany, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.
She has performed as soloist with the KBS Orchestra in Seoul; the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra;
the Cleveland Chamber Symphony; and such Oberlin ensembles as the Oberlin Chamber Orchestra,
Oberlin College Community Strings, and the Oberlin Wind Ensemble; and, with the Oberlin Piano Quartet,
she toured South Korea.
Ms. Song has performed at Mexico's Cervantino Festival; the All-American Music Festival in
Stuttgart, Germany; the Grand Teton Music Festival; the Aria Festival; Canada's Institute of
Musical Arts; the Festival de Nice in France; and the Oberlin Summer Piano Festival. She often
appears in duo piano recitals with her husband, Robert Shannon, Professor of Piano at the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, with whom she has recorded for Bridge Records.
Ms. Song studied at the Toho School in Tokyo, the Peabody Preparatory School in Baltimore,
and the Juilliard School. Her majors teachers were Shuku Iwasaki, Julian Martin, and Martin Canin.
She has taught at Tunghai University in Taiwan, Kyung Won University in Seoul, and has been a
member of the Oberlin Piano Department since 1993.
Her students often perform as concerto soloists with significant orchestras, and have won major
prizes in the MTNA Nationals, Wideman, Kingsville, Oberlin International Piano, Walgreen, World,
and Corpus Christie competitions.
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