About me

 Ryan Jung is a multi-disciplinary artist currently based in New York City, performing repertoire from the unique perspective of improvisation and classical music. As a composer himself, he is especially dedicated to new music, and has collaborated with renowned composers such as Tyshawn Sorey, Jorg Widmann, Nico Muhly, Betsy Jolas, Wolfgang Rihm, and Thomas Ades. Highlights during the 2024-25 season include a concert with the New York Philharmonic performing Boulez’s Sur incises with Maestro David Robertson, and a world premiere of Jung’s own composition written for TAK Ensemble.

Ryan was a recent candidate of the 2024 Orleans Competition and Geza Anda Competition, and the 3rd Prize winner of the 2022 Wadsworth International Piano Competition. As an avid cinema enthusiast,  he was the recipient of the Baisley Elebash Grant this past spring for a film/recording project set to release in 2025. He made his Lincoln Center debut in Alice Tully Hall in 2021 and has since performed at the Lucerne Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, the Yellow Barn Festival, Music Academy of the West, and the Aspen Music Festival among many others. 

Mr. Jung completed his MM at the Juilliard School with Jerome Lowenthal and Hung-Kuan Chen, and received his BM from the New England Conservatory with Haesun Paik and studied jazz with Henrique Eisenmann. He is currently pursuing his doctorate at the CUNY Graduate Center with Conor Hanick and Ursula Oppens. He also has worked extensively with Claudio Martinez-Mehner, Jeremy Denk, and Mark Steinberg (Brentano Quartet).  Jung holds a staff position at Juilliard, serves as music faculty at the 92nd Street Y, and teaches music theory for the Harmony Program. In his free time, he enjoys playing chess and going on long runs along the Hudson River.