Kun Woo Paik is considered one of the most important pianists of his generation. Paik is the winner of the Naumburg award and Gold Medallist at the Busoni International Piano Competitions. He has closely collaborated with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Long Yu, Sir.Neville Marriner, John Nelson, Eliahu Inbal and Antoni Wit, and performed with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, St Petersburg Philharmonic, London Symphony, BBC Symphony, Orchestre de Paris, Berlin Symphony, etc. His complete Prokofiev piano concerti recording received both Diapason d’Or of the year and Nouvelle Académie du disque awards in France. Kun Woo Paik was made the “Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres” by the French Government in 2000.