Yeontaek Oh was born on December 23, 1992, in Wonju, Korea. He started playing the piano at the age of 5 and studied at the Seoul Arts Center Academy for Gifted, Seoul Arts High School, Seoul National University, and the New England Conservatory of Music, where he graduated with honors and a Gilbert Foundation scholarship. Also, he completed his Konzertexamen degree at Hochschule für Musik Freiburg as a recipient of DAAD and a German Government Scholarship, and Concertiste degree at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris with a full scholarship. Recently, he completed his DMA degree at Manhattan School of Music.
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He made his concerto debut with the Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 13. Following his debut, he performed as a soloist with other orchestras such as the Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, the Daejeon Pop Orchestra, the Euro-Asian Orchestra, the Gwangju Philharmonic Orchestra, the Jeonju Clamu Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the University of Alicante, the CRR-Cergy Orchestra, the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León, the Rome Tre University Orchestra and Chuncheon Youth Orchestra. Also, he has given solo recitals in Korea, France, Germany, Spain, and the US in collaboration with the Lyon Chopin Association, the Animato Association, the Piano Campus Foundation, the Great Mountain Festival, the Kumho Foundation, the House Concert, the Chosun-Ilbo, and many others. In 2019, his performance in Paris was live-recorded and released by Piano Campus Foundation. Recently, he also gave masterclasses at Gangwon Arts High School and Gangwon University in Korea.
In addition to winning over ten national competitions in Korea, including the prestigious Joong-Ang Music Competition and Artsylvia Chamber Competition, Oh has won international awards such as the Valsesia Musica International Piano Competition (2nd Prize), PalmaD’oro International Piano Competition (2nd Prize), Concours International de Piano de Lyon (3rd Prize), Concorso Internazionale Pianistica “Piana del Cavaliere” (2nd Prize), Piano Campus International Competition (1st Prize), Animato International Piano Competition (3rd Prize), the Morocco Philharmonic Orchestra Competition (2nd Prize), the Arthur Lepthien Wettbewerb (1st Prize), the Frechilla-Zuloaga International Piano Competition (1st Prize), and the Rome Chopin International Competition (2nd Prize). In 2022, he won the first prize at the Rio de Janeiro International Competition and the second prize at the Prix de Bern (Interlaken Klassics). Recently, he was invited to perform at Salle Cortot in Paris, Theatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro, Temple Israel with the musicians of Lenox Hill, Seoul Arts Center Summer Festival and the Piano Pic Festival in Bagneres-de-Bigorre in France. Also, he performed with the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Freiburg Musikhochschule Orchestra and Cuba National Symphony Orchestra. Yeontaek Oh, a Young Steinway Artist, currently resides in Manhattan, New York.