Ye In Kwak

Korean pianist and coach Ye In Kwak is in her first year in the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program. During the 2024–25 season, she will prepare and perform in the Program’s Patron Concert of opera scenes and annual spring recital series held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. In 2024, she joined the ranks at Wolf Trap Opera as a Coaching Fellow, where she served as a coach and rehearsal pianist for La Bohème under the baton of Grant Gershon and Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins. Recent engagements include harpsichord player for Idomeneo and Haydn’s The Creation with Aspen Opera Theater and Aspen Music Festival, and coach for Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Eugene Onegin, Così fan tutte, and L’Elisir d’Amore with Korea National University of the Arts. In addition to her operatic experience, she has performed alongside singers in recitals held at The Greene Space with WQXR LIVE and New York Public Radio and as part of Renée Fleming's SongStudio at Carnegie Hall. She is an alumna of the Moscow Gnessin Special School of Music in Russia, the Aspen Opera Theater and VocalARTS Program, and Wolf Trap Opera Coaching Fellowship. She holds degrees in piano performance and collaborative piano from Seoul National University, Korea National University of Arts, and the Manhattan School of Music.