Kyle Yeung is a pianist and composer from Irvine, CA. He currently studies piano performance with Dr. Sasha Starcevich. At age 7, he made his orchestral debut by winning first place at the US CAPMT Young Musicians Concerto Competition. Kyle was admitted to The Juilliard School Pre-College Program at age 11 and studied under Julian Martin in 2019-21. He was named 2019 and 2023 National First Prize winner by Music Teachers National Association in composition and 2023 National Third Prize winner in piano performance. He was the first-prize recipient at the Stravinsky Awards Bach International Piano Competition, Glendale Piano Competition, ENKOR International Music Competition, the US New Star Music Competition, and a gold medalist at the 2022 and 2023 Northwest Chopin Competition. Kyle is a 2023-24 Chopin Foundation of the U.S. scholarship recipient. He serves as the principal pianist of Pacific Symphony Youth Orchestra and had been a featured soloist in numerous Pacific Symphony Santiago Strings concerts at the Henry and Renee Segerstrom Concert Hall.
Kyle is also a composer. His compositions have won numerous national and international competition awards, including first place at the Music Teacher Association of California Composers Today Competition, Golden Key International Music Festival and US Music Teachers National Association Composition Competition. His composition was featured at numerous Yamaha International Highlight Concerts.
You can find Kyle’s 2023 Romantic Music Competition piano performance here.