About

Chulyoung Park is a classical guitarist, living in Tempe, Arizona, pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Arizona State University. He is a native of South Korea, and played as a band guitarist when he was a teenager, but meeting with Chungjin Go, his first teacher, led him to the world of classical guitar. Chulyoung completed a Bachelor of Music degree at Kosin University. He was awarded a Master of Music degree in classical guitar performance from Lee University where he studied with Charlie Edholm. Currently, Park has been serving as a teaching assistant at ASU while pursuing a doctorate under Jiji and Martha Masters.

For his achievements in performing, Park was awarded a grand prize in the adult division at the Korea Guitar Association International Guitar Competition, won the Student Concerto Competition at Lee University, and was a principal player of the Busan Festival Guitar Ensemble. He has performed in masterclasses for Pablo Sáinz Villegas, Rene Izquierdo, Su Meng, and Bokyung Byun. He also founded El Mar Guitar Academy in Busan and contributed to local guitar music education. In his spare time, Chulyoung likes to swim and cook.