Korean-American pianist Min Joo Yi is currently a Collaborative Piano Fellow at the Yale School of Music. She is also a D.M.A. Solo Piano Performance candidate under Professor Yong-Hi Moon at Peabody Conservatory, where she held a Graduate Assistantship in accompanying. She received her A.B. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University, as well as a certificate in music performance.

 

She has also been recognized in the Music Academy of the West Solo Piano Competition (first place), Gurwitz International Piano Competition (Jury Discretionary Award), Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition (quarterfinalist), Verona International Piano Competition (solo finalist), New York Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition (2nd prize), Chopin Foundation of the United States National Piano Competition (semifinalist), Caswell and Constance Caplan Career Development Grant (recipient), and Concours International Piano Campus (bronze medal). 

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Her performances have captivated audiences across the U.S. and Europe, notably in Moscow Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, D.C. Kennedy Center, New York City Klavierhaus, Indianapolis Hilbert Circle Theater, Miami New World Center, Paris L’auditorium Rostropovich, Verona Teatro Filarmonico, Vercelli Teatro Civico, and Pontoise Théâtre des Louvrais. Her concerto performances include appearances with the Santa Barbara Symphony, Mélo’dix Orchestre Symphonique de Nanterre, University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra, and New World Indianapolis Youth Orchestra.

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Outside of music, her biology research has been published in the journals Frontiers in Microbiology and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), and has been reviewed in PNAS “Front Matter.”