Pianist Yeol Eum Son has succeeded not only in the institutional worlds of competition prizes and concert bookings but also in the populist arena of online streaming services, where her 2011 performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, at the Tchaikovsky Competition has amassed more than 21 million views. She has recorded for Decca and other major labels.
Son was born in Wonju, South Korea, on May 2, 1986, and she remains an honorary arts ambassador of the city. She began studying the piano at age three and made her recital debut at 12 as a Kumho Prodigy....