PIANIST

" Described as “uncommonly insightful, individualistic, lively” and “technically dazzling” by the New York Times, Ms. Chung has enjoyed great success as a recitalist, concerto soloist and chamber musician. She won first prize in the Concert Artists Guild Competition and received the Avery Fisher Career Grant, the highest recognition for young concert artists in the United States..."
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EDUCATOR & WRITER

" A distinguished educator and music advocate, Ms. Chung has worked extensively to provide greater understanding and increased awareness of the classical music repertoire. She has given lecture-recitals across the United States onstage, on-air, and online and given masterclasses and presentations at New England Conservatory, Juilliard, Eastman, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), Cornell, MIT, Williams College, Georgia Tech, Boston University, Indiana University Piano Academy and many other private and public institutions of higher learning. Her DVD recording entitled, Notations: A Composer’s Response to Crisis, has garnered high praise. The sole writer, teacher, performer and producer of this recording, Ms. Chung provides illuminating performances and analyses of Beethoven’s seminal works-- Piano Sonatas, Op. 53 and Op. 110 (distributed by Films for the Humanities & Sciences). As a radio personality, Ms. Chung served as the first "Young Artist in Residence'' for National Public Radio's Performance Today. Ms. Chung's work at NPR earned her a nomination as "Debut Artist of the Year." She went on to serve as "Artist-in-Radio'' at WCRB-FM in Boston and WGMS-FM in Washington, D.C. and has appeared on public radio programs throughout the United States..."
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LEADER

" An ardent advocate for interdisciplinary learning and the liberal arts, Ms. Chung has presented talks on beauty and suffering, music and mathematics, and success or significance at numerous colleges, universities, and conservatories. She has also participated and presented at colloquia on medicine, ethics, and the arts; aesthetic cognitivism; and theology and the arts. On the institutional level, Ms. Chung has worked to facilitate faculty collaboration and curriculum integration as a trustee at the Curtis Institute of Music and as Chair of the Task Force on Curtis’s 21st-Century Education. From 2018-2022, Mia led the Faculty Council, a committee made up of faculty across performance and academic departments that oversees curriculum and educational matters..."
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