“Kang performed with such mesmerizing mastery that spontaneous applause erupted….”
- Seen and Heard International

New York-based Australian pianist and teaching artist, Dr. Joanne Kang, captivates audiences with her fleet-fingered virtuosity and stylistic versatility on every stage. As a performer and prolific prizewinner of national and international competitions and scholarships, Joanne enjoys a career teaching, concertizing, and curating solo recitals, chamber concerts, and multi-disciplinary collaborations.
Collaboration highlights include performances with Reena Esmail, Julia Wolfe, The American String Quartet, The Afield, American Modern Opera Company, West Australian Symphony Orchestra, members of the Silk Road Ensemble, and Kaija Saariaho for the world premiere of her final chamber composition, Semafor for eight instruments.
Joanne has appeared on the stages of the Sydney Opera House, Sydney Town Hall, Perth Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, Weill Recital Hall and Stern Auditorium presented by Carnegie Hall, Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, Lincoln Center, and the Guggenheim Museum, among others. Most recently she was selected as the pianist of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect (2020-23): “one of the strongest ensembles in the city”- New York Classical Review.

Joanne holds Associate, Licentiate, and Fellowship in Music diplomas from AMEB Australia, and Bachelor of Music, Master of Music, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Manhattan School of Music as the recipient of the Harold and Helene Schonberg Pianist and International Advisory Board Scholarships. Her primary mentors include the late Nikolay Evrov and the late Phillip Kawin. Joanne was awarded Manhattan School of Music’s 2015 Harold Bauer Award and 2023 Helen Cohn Award in recognition of an outstanding DMA graduate. Her doctoral thesis explores the history of Ukrainian Classical Music and the preludes of Ukrainian contemporary composer, Boris Lyatoshynsky.

As a passionate music educator and teaching artist, Joanne strives to uphold the values of empowerment and community accessibility to music and music education. She aims to inspire and nourish self-confidence, self-expression, curiosity, and creativity in her students. Joanne has curated and performed countless interactive concerts for the wider NY community and NYC public schools. Joanne maintains a private teaching studio while directing the Piano Lessons program at Absolute Piano in Brooklyn. As the assistant of Prof. Phillip Kawin and as a teaching fellow (2017-21) of the Keyboard Skills department, Joanne has taught undergraduate and graduate piano and keyboard skills classes, piano lessons, and studio classes at the Manhattan School of Music. She has also held residencies from 2020 to 2023 at Skidmore College NY, teaching piano lessons and coaching chamber groups.

Video recordings for Carnegie Hall’s YouTube channel include various self and live recorded concerts with Ensemble Connect, and music videos produced by FourTen Media production of Clara Schumann’s Piano Trio and a commissioned Deep River Spiritual piano trio arr. by Grammy Award winning Venezuelan composer, Gabriel Chakarji.
Upcoming album recordings include a contemporary classical chamber and jazz crossover album under ODD SOUND records with musicians Sahara von Hattenberger (cello), Jim Doxas (drums), and Adrian Vedady (bass). The album, to be released in the summer/fall of 2024 will explore this peculiar crossover genre through French composer Claude Bolling and newly commissioned works by Malcolm Sailor and Grammy-nominated composer, Remi LeBoeuf. Joanne will also be joining Canadian group Duo Étrange on an album, under the ATMA Classique label, featuring newly commissioned works by acclaimed Canadian contemporary composers Nicole Lizée, Airat Ichmouratov, and Laurence Jobidon.

READ CARNEGIE HALL (2020) BIO HERE