Young Ho Shin currently majors in piano at the Seoul Arts High School in South Korea. He began playing piano when he was five years old and had his debut recital at Kumho Art Hall at age 14. At 15, he performed Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Gyeonggi Provincial Philharmonic Orchestra, and the First Movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Yewon School Student Orchestra.
In addition, Young Ho has performed at many other concerts, such as Korea Liszt Competition Prizewinners’ Concert, the Samick Art Foundation Prodigy Scholarship Concert, and the GCCF Music Competition First Prize Winners Concert. In the competition world, he has also won many prizes at Korea’s competitions, including Ewha & Kyunghyang Music Competition, Korea Liszt Piano Competition, GCCF Music Competition, and Yewon Music Competition.
Young Ho has received scholarships for every semester he has attended Yewon School. He has also been selected for the Lee Dae-Ung Foundation Scholarship, and the Samick Art Foundation Prodigy Scholarship.