Helena Ha-Young Sul

Member since 2019-01-05

GENERAL INFO

The Swedishborn concertpianist Helena Ha-Young Sul has her roots in Korea and Japan.
She works as a pianosoloist as well as in chamber music.

She has had pianoworks dedicated to her directly from the composers, for instance the internationally renowned Swedish composer Rolf Martinsson.

Helena Ha-Young Sul is also a devoted pianoteacher and is artistic director and founder of many projects e. g. Gothenburg Piano Festival.
She graduated from the Royal Danish conservatoire of music in Copenhagen (teachers; Tome, Ernst, José Ribera, Anne Öland, Amalie Malling, Fredrich Gurtler) the Royal Academy of Music in London (prof. Christoffer Elton) and Conservatoire du Musique de Genève in Switzerland where she got the highest grades in the soloistclass with Prof. Dominique Merlet. She has participated in many masterclasses for ex. Hans Leygraf, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Pnina Salzman. She has performed in Scandinavia, Europe, Israel, South Korea, China and United States of America a. o.

Her concerts have been broadcasted by Swedish Television, Radio Suisse and BBC.

Since 2010 she is the Founder and Artistic director for the Gothenburg Piano Festival, Sweden.
www.goteborgspianofestival.com

CONCERTS

Repertoire:

Solo works:
J.S.Bach- Preludes & Fugues, Toccata in D-major BWV912, Partitas no.1, 2, 6, English suite no.4 F-major, French suite no.3 b-minor, no.5 G-major, Goldberg variations
J.Haydn - Sonatas, Hob; XVI: 32, Hob; XVI: 34, Hob; XVI: 37, Hob; XVI: 46, Hob; XVI: 49, Hob; XVI: 52
D.Scarlatti - Selected sonatas
S.Rachmaninov - Preludes urval av op. 23 och 32 samt op.3 no.2
A.Scriabin - Sonata no.2 , 4
W.Stenhammar- Fantasie b-minor
W.P. Berger - Frösöblomster
R. Strauss - Stimmungsbilder
E.Grieg - Ur Lyriska Stycken
C.Debussy - Images, Etudes La plus que lente. Preludes Suite Bergamasque
M.Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales, Gaspard de la Nuit, Jeux d’eau
D.Shostakovich - Preludes & fugues
S.Prokofiev - Visions Fugitives Sonata no. 2, 3, 6
B.Bartok - Out of doors Allegro Barbaro
Olivier Messiaen - ur Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
Witold Lutoslawski -Etude no. 1 & 2
Betsy Jolas - Pièce pour piano
Lionel Rogg -Variations pour piano
Sven Erik Bäck - 3 preludes
Isang Yun - Fünf Stücke für Klavier
Sofia Gubaidulina - Chaconne
Rolf Martinsson - Acquarius (dedicated Ha-Young Sul)
W.A.Mozart - Sonatas; KV 281, KV 282, KV 310, KV 331, KV 333, KV 457, KV 545, Fantasie d-minor KV 397
L.v.Beethoven - Sonatas; Op.10 no.2, Op.13 “Pathetique”, Op.14 no.2, Op.27 no.2 “Moonlight”, Op.28 “Pastoral”, Op.31 no.2 “Tempest”, Op.49 no.1, Op.49 no.2, Op.53 “Waldstein”, Op.81a “Les Adieux”, Op.90, Op.109, Op.110, 32 variations in c-minor WoO.80
F.Schubert - Pianosonata a-minor, Wanderer fantasie C-major, Impromptus op.90, Drei Klavierstucken D.946
F.Chopin - Ballades, Scherzos, Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise Brilliante op.22, Sonata no.2. Sonata no.3, Fantasie op.49, Etudes op.10 & op.25, Nocturnes, Waltzes, Impromptus, Mazurkas, Berceuse op.57
R.Schumann - Carnaval op.9, Humoreske op.20, Kinderszenen op.15
J.Brahms - Two Rhapsodies op.79, Four Klavierstucken op.119, Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel op.24
F.Mendelssohn - Lieder ohne worte, Variations serieuses op.54
F.Liszt - 3 concert etudes S.144, Etude Paganini La Campanella, Theme & variations Transcendental etudes: Mazeppa, Feux Follets
Sonata “Dante”, Rigoletto-parafras, Pianoconcerto
J.S.Bach - F-minor, D-minor
W.A.Mozart - nr.9 E flat major, nr.12 A-major, nr.19 F-major, nr.20 D-minor, nr.21 C-major, nr.23 A-major
J.Haydn- D-major Hob.XVIII:1 1
L.v.Beethoven- no.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Tripleconcerto op.56
R.Schumann- A-minor
F.Mendelssohn- op.25 no.1 G-minor
F.Chopin - no.2 F-minor
F.Liszt - no.1 E flat major
M.Ravel - G-major
E.Grieg - A-minor
P.Tchaikowski - no.2 G major
S.Rachmaninov - no.2, Rhapsodie über ein Tema von Paganini
D.Shostakowitch - op.102 no.2

Four hands music:
W.A.Mozart: Sonata KV 521
R.Schumann: Bilder aus Osten
C.Debussy: Petite Suite & Six epigraphs antiques
G.Faure: Dolly Suite
M.Ravel: La mère l'Oye
F. Schubert Fantasie f-minor
J.Brahms: Hungarian Dances
M.Moszkowski: Spanish Dances
E.Grieg: Norwegian Dances op. 35

Two pianos music:
W.A.Mozart: Sonata Kv 448
S.Rachmaninov: Suite no.2
W.Lutoslawski: Theme & variationen Paganini
I.Stravinsky: Rite of Springs