CelloChat with Han Bin Yoon, live from Brussels, Belgium

Topic: The Importance of Being Balanced
Cellist HAN BIN YOON has captivated audiences internationally with his emotional performances and rich tone. A top prize winner at the Young Concert Artist International Auditions and the International Schoenfeld Cello Competition in Hong Kong, he has been praised by La Libre Belgique for his “superb resonances, deployed with elegance and a zest of sentimentality.”
Han Bin’s 2022-2023 season includes a recital tour with pianist Henry Kramer, as well as European chamber music appearances with pianist Lily Maisky and violinist Sascha Maisky. Highlights from past seasons include solo performances with the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, CASCO Phil, Vicente Chamber Orchestra, Thornton Symphony, Springfield Symphony (MO), Torrance Symphony, Palisades Symphony, Brentwood Westwood Symphony Orchestra, and the Huntsville Symphony, working with conductors such as James Conlon, Hugh Wolff, and Benjamin Haemhouts. In recital, he’s appeared at the Kennedy Center, the Scripps Research Auditorium, the Royal Conservatory of Brussels, BOZAR, and Flagey.
Based in Brussels, Han Bin is the Artistic Director of the Belgium Cello Society, where his passion for programming is evidenced through the society’s diverse activities. In the last season alone, he has brought together an impressive list of international artists to Belgium including Gary Hoffman, Mischa Maisky, Frans Helmerson, Paul Katz, Pieter Wispelwey, Jan Vogler, Anne Gastinel, Roel Dieltiens, Marie Hallynck, and Jens Peter Maintz. In the most recent edition of the Brussels Cello Festival, Han Bin also collaborated with the United Nations and the Pau Casals Foundation in a joint effort to show the power of culture for social awareness and change.
Han Bin appears regularly at major music festivals such as the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival, the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove (UK), La Jolla SummerFest, Ravinia, Music@Menlo, Sarasota Music Festival, the Yellow Barn Music School & Festival, and the Chamber Music Workshop at the Perlman Music Program. He has collaborated with the foremost artists of his time including Itzhak Perlman, Maria Joao Pires, Gary Hoffman, Ralph Kirshbaum, Paul Katz, Alexander Buzlov, Anthony Marwood, Antje Weithaas, Donald Weilerstein, Roger Tapping, Peter Frankl, Boris Berman, and members of the Cleveland, Juilliard, Orion and Tokyo String Quartets.
A dedicated and inspirational educator, Han Bin is currently a professor of cello and chamber music at the Royal Conservatory of Mons (ARTS²). His artistic vision for the Belgium Cello Society Masterclasses and his leadership position as the Jury Chairperson of the BCS Cello Competition constantly attracts top cellists from around the world to his activities.
Han Bin was an Artist in Residence at the famed Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Belgium from 2014-2017. During his residency, he was highlighted in major venues around Belgium including appearances at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Festival in Flagey, Festival Musical du Brabant Wallon, Festival Musiq3, Korean Cultural Center Brussels, and BOZAR.
Han Bin performs on a cello by Tanguy Fraval on special loan from the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. He is an Official Artist of GEWA music and endorses PIRASTRO strings.