Pianist Kim Cheol Woong

Education 1999 Graduated from Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music, Russia 1995 Graduated from Pyongyang Music & Dance University Career 2008~Current Professor, Department of Music, Paekche Institute of Art 2006~2007 Lecturer, Department of Music, Hansei University 1999 Chief Pianist of Pyongyang National Symphony Orchestra Activities 2007~Current Member of the Committee, Ministry of Unification 2005~Current Honorary Ambassador, Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights 2007~Current MC, RFA (Radio Free Asia) Experience Aug 2011 Performed in Peace & Piano Festival, Geonggi Art Center, Suwon, Korea Dec 2010 Performed in Harmony Concert hosted by Cheongwadae, Seoul, Korea July 2010 Held a Fund Raising Concert for Establishing an Alternative School of North Korean

Defector Children and Performed with the Seoul Orchestra, Hill State, Seoul, Korea Jan. 2010 Performed in New Year’s Concert hosted by the National Unification Advisory Council

with the National Orchestra of Korea, National Theatre of Korea, Seoul, Korea Nov. 2009 Performed in Love Sharing Concert hosted by the Ministry of Unification, Olympic

Stadium, Seoul, Korea Aug. 2009 Held a Fund Raising Concert for North Korean Youth Defectors, Sambong Hall, Ewha

Womans University, Seoul, Korea June 2009 Held a Piano Recital at Kumho Art Hall, Seoul, Korea April 2009 Performed at Carnegie Hall, U.S. Mar. 2009 Performed with Toronto Korean Orchestra, Toronto, Canada Mar. 2009 Performed in International Conference of North Korean Human Right, Melbourne,

Australia Sept. 2008 Performed in U.S. Department of State, Manhattan School of Music, Boston University,

and the Julliard School May 2008 Performed in the U.S. Congress Jan. 2008 Presented in International Conference of North Korean Human Right in London, U.K. Dec. 2007 Held a Piano Recital ‘Prayer for Peace’, Jang Cheon Art Hall, Seoul, Korea Sept. 2007 Concert for Helping Flood Victims in North Korea, Ceramic Palace Hall, Seoul, Korea May 2007 Performed in International Jazz Festival, Melbourne, Australia Aug. 2006 Concert for Helping North Korean Youth Defectors, Youngsan Arthall, Seoul, Korea May 2006 Performed in International Conference of North Korean Human Right, Bergen, Norway May 2005 Inaugurated Music4One Foundation as a Member of Planning Committee April 2005 Performed with London Philharmonic Orchestra