Holbrook Organ Series
Thursday, January 21, 2027 at 7:30 pm
Wine reception at the Interval
Joonho Park
Former organist, Redeemer Presbyterian Church; Professor at Hanyang University and Korea National University of Arts, Seoul
Arts on Alexander
2111 Alexander Ave
Austin, TX 78702
Holbrook Organ Series concerts are free and open to the public. Contributions are encouraged.
Joonho Park is a Korean organist whose musical journey began with piano in childhood and transitioned to organ performance through the Preparatory School of the Korea National University of Arts. While in high school, he was selected as a gifted music student at KNUA and entered the undergraduate program in Korean traditional music, where he studied under Professor Ja-Kyung Oh. He later pursued advanced studies in Europe, training under Professor Jon Laukvik at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany, and under Professor Michel Bouvard at the Conservatoire de Toulouse in France.
Park gained international recognition early in his career. He won First Prize and the Special Bach Award at the International Organ Competition in Graz, Austria (2006); Second Prize and the Mozart Special Prize at the St. Maurice International Organ Competition in Switzerland (2007); and Third Prize and the Audience Prize at the Tokyo-Musashino International Organ Competition in Japan (2008). These achievements, notably made before he had studied abroad, were highlighted in national media such as KBS News.
His continued success includes First Prize at the prestigious International Organ Competitions in Nuremberg, Germany (2009), and Dublin, Ireland (2011); as well as Second Prize at the Chartres Competition in France (2012) and the Arp Schnitger International Organ Competition in Bremen, Germany (2014).
Park has performed at many of the world’s foremost venues and festivals, including Westminster Cathedral and Westminster Abbey in London, the St. Albans International Organ Festival, the Ansbach Bach Festival and Konstantin Basilica in Trier, Marktkirche in Halle, and Stiftskirche in Stuttgart. His performances have also extended to Spain’s Quincena Musical and Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, as well as major venues throughout Japan including Tokyo Opera City, Musashino Civic Cultural Hall, University of Tokyo, Yokohama Minato Mirai Hall, NHK Hall in Nagoya, Saitama’s Lilia Hall, and concert halls in Kobe, Himeji, Mito, and Shizuoka.
In the United States, Park served as Professor of Organ at the University of Texas at Austin and as organist at Redeemer Presbyterian Church. He was also invited to Yale University as a lecturer on Asian organ music. Until recently, he served as adjunct professor at the College of Music, Hanyang University. He is currently Assistant Professor in Organ at the Korea National University of Arts, his undergraduate alma mater.
Since 2019, he has been a featured artist in Organ Odyssey, a concert series curated by LOTTE Concert Hall in Seoul, dedicated to expanding public appreciation of organ music. Park has also appeared as a soloist and guest performer with the Incheon and Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestras, and has collaborated with leading choral ensembles including Seoul, Incheon, Bucheon, and Daejeon City Choirs in their subscription concerts.
His performances have been praised in the international press and featured in Korean media such as KBS Music Room and SBS Cultural Walk. Through concert stages and broadcasts alike, Joonho Park continues to deepen public engagement with the rich tradition of organ music.