Chang-Yong Shin

Pianist Changyong Shin is a major prodigy who has racked up prize after prize since his preteen years. In 2018, he made his recording debut with the Steinway & Sons label. Shin was born in Anyong, South Korea, on April 15, 1994. He began studies with Mari Kwon in 2007 and then enrolled in 2009 at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in the Arts. By that time, he was already a veteran prizewinner in piano competitions, having taken home first prize at the Kookmin Ilbo & Hansei University music competition in 2005, and followed that up with a series of other Korean hono...