Ji Hyung Park performs Thielemans’ ‘Bluesette’ (Winner, 2018 Changsha International Guitar Festival)

BUY / DOWNLOAD / STREAM: JI HYUNG PARK has won numerous prestigious competitions, with the 7th Changsha International Guitar Competition in 2018 his most recent triumph. Born in 1993, he began learning the classical guitar at the age of nine under the tutelage of Do-Hyung Kim. From 2009 to 2013 he studied at the Korea National University of Arts, and after obtaining his Bachelor’s degree decided to continue his studies in Paris. In 2014, he was the first Korean to enter the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he obtained his Master’s degree as a student of Roland Dyens and his assistant Jean-Marc Zvellenreuther. He also received regular guidance from his mentor Judicaël Perroy, with whom he is currently studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. It was a great shock to the guitar world when Roland Dyens died in October 2016 a few days before his 61st birthday. Dyens, born in Tunisia of French nationality in 19