Born in Seoul, pianist/composer/improviser Yeonjoon Yoon(previously Joon Yoon), though trained classically, explores music without boundaries and collaborates with Korean traditional, band, jazz, and electronic musicians. In 2021, he was forced to halt his musical endeavors due to the Corona pandemic and mandatory military service in his homeland, South Korea. He became aware of a newly realized aesthetic upon exploring the sounds of a worn-out upright piano, which was the only available piano to him in the military base. This inevitably led him to compose, and improvise. Upcoming works include ARKO(Arts Council Korea)-sponsored project of original works titled ‘Um’ featuring Korean traditional musicians, to be presented at the Barbican London in May 2024, and the JCC Creative Center (designed by Tadao Ando) in Seoul in August 2024, in addition to collaborations with artists of diverse genres and mediums, and film.

He is a graduate of the Peabody Preparatory, Juilliard School in New York, Yale University School of Music, and Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London with full scholarships. He also studied at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule Berlin as a DAAD scholar. He has won numerous prizes in international piano competitions in the USA, France, Spain, and Italy. He was the unanimous winner of the Guildhall School’s most prestigious prize Gold Medal, for which he was named a BBC Music Magazine Rising Star. He is also an avid educator, having taught and coached musicians and pianists of all ranges from beginner to expert levels.