Curriculum Vitae

“combination of passion, expressivity and noblesse” (Passauer Neue Presse) “Her glamorous playing technique and her profound sureness of style were impressive” (Rheinische Post, Duisburg)

E-Hyun Hüttermann(nee Chang) was born 1979 in Seoul, South Korea. After studying at Ewha Women's University in Seoul/Korea she continued her studies at Folkwang Hochschule in Essen, Germany with Prof. Boris Bloch (solo) and Prof. Dirk Mommertz (Faure quartett, chamber music) finishing with a graduate recital with honours (Konzertexamen mit Auszeichnung) in 2009. After her studies, she further deepened her piano play in collaboration with Prof. Lorenzo Di Bella('Braga' Conservatory - Teramo).

She received a scholarship from company Zeniel Co. Ltd of Korea for the Study in Germany from 2005 to 2009. From 2008 to 2013 she was a scholarship holder of Live Music Now. During her studying she participated in different masterclasses. She attended the masterclass Andreas Staier, Wonmi Kim and Solomon Mikowski.

Already early in her career she won prizes at national and international competitions, including the Chungbu piano competition 1996, the Suri piano competition and the Sports Today-Bedesda competition 2002 in Korea. After she came to Germany, she received the Duisburger sponsorship award of the Köhler-Osbahr Foundation in May 2006, and in May 2007 she received the Folkwang Prize of the Folkwang - Hochschule Essen with her piano trio "Franz Marc Trio".

In 2008 she received an Honorary Diploma from the "The Muse" competition in Greece. She also won at the Piano Competition 2007, Italy and received a prize at the concorso internazionale pianistico "Citta di Avezzano" 2009 in Italy. In 2010, she won a prize at the Amadeus premiere in Italy, as well as the first prize at the Concorso Internazionale di Musica Euterpe in Italy and at the Concorso Internazionale by Musicisti "Magnificat Lupiae" in Italy.

E-Hyun Hüttermann is active as both soloist and chamber musician. She has played concerts in Korea, Germany, Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Czech, Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Mexico including appearances at the Klavier Festival Ruhr, Cesar-Franck-Festival in Philharmonie Essen, Civitanova Classic Piano Festival, Beethoven Festival Teplice, Alba Music Festival, Tonhalle Düsseldorf, Tonhalle Zürich, DvorakHall Prag, Smetana Hall Prag. She has appeared as soloist with Athens Chamber Orchestra, Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, Orquestra de Câmata de Cascais e Oeiras, Abruzzese Symphony Orchestra, Filarmonica Marchigiana Orchestra, Filarmonica della Calabria Orchestra, Filarmonica Banatul Timisoara, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfonica de la Region de Murcia, Vogtland Philharmonie, Thüringer Philharmonie, Staatsorchester Reinische Philharmonie, Bergischen Symphonikern and collaboration with the Camerata Louis Spohr Orchestra. Her R. Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 54 with the OFUNAM (Orquesta Filarmónica de la UNAM) was broadcast nationwide in Mexican TV and her C. Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor op. 7 with Atlantida Chamber Orchestra was broadcast via RTVE in Spain.

In 2004, she recorded the 9th CD of the Korean Song Society and released her first solo album in 2010. She lives as a pianist in Düsseldorf.