Contact

EMAIL: allanpark@me.com
STUDIO LOCATION: Mill Creek, WA, near Mill Creek Town Center
UPCOMING RECITALS (not open to the public)

December 1st, 2024 at 2 pm
January 12th, 2025 at 3 pm
February 9th, 2025 at 3 pm
April 13th, 2025 at 3 pm
May 18th, 2024 at 3 pm

CURRENT STUDIO OPENINGS
Currently there are no openings for regular lessons. Summer lessons in 2025 may be available to qualified pianists. If you need a referral to extremely wonderful piano teachers in the region, or to be placed on a waiting list, please send an email with YouTube link of their playing to allanpark@me.com.

ABOUT ALLAN PARK
Allan Park is a distinguished piano instructor and performer based in Seattle, Washington, with a teaching career spanning over three decades. He began his formal music education at Indiana University, where he studied under the renowned professor Menahem Pressler. During this time, he also received guidance from Luba Edlina-Dubinsky and participated in summer lessons with esteemed pianists Leonard Hokanson, James Tocco, and Michel Block. Park furthered his graduate studies at the University of Washington under the tutelage of Béla Siki. As a first-prize winner of several major piano and concerto competitions, Park performed extensively throughout the United States and Canada before dedicating himself primarily to teaching.

Beyond his teaching endeavors, Park plays a vital role in the musical community. He currently serves as the President of Pacific Competitions, Bellevue Symphony, and the Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle. Additionally, he is the Past President of the Chopin Foundation of the United States, Northwest Council, and actively contributes as a Music Advisory Panel Member for the Seattle Young Artist Music Festival and the Korean Music Association of Washington State. As an adjudicator and clinician, Park serves on the jury panel for the Melos International Competitions (Italy) and has adjudicated for esteemed competitions such as the Kyoto International Music Competition, Geneva International Music Competition, San Francisco Chopin Competition, and the University of Washington School of Music Concerto Competition. He has also delivered lectures on technique and artistry at Kansas State University School of Music, EMTA, SCMTA, WSMTA, and the Seattle Piano Institute.

Allan Park's students have achieved top prizes in a wide range of regional, national, and international piano competitions, including the Cliburn International Junior Festival, National Chopin Foundation Scholarship Competition, Seattle Symphony Young Artist Auditions, Steinway Piano Competition, Chicago International Music Competition and many others. His top students have performed multiple times at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Benaroya Hall, Meydenbauer Center, and Luther Burbank Park. Numerous concerto competition winners from his studio have performed with ensembles including Seattle Symphony, Bellevue Symphony, Cascade Symphony, Everett Philharmonic, Federal Way Philharmonic, Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, Honolulu Symphony, Philharmonia Northwest, Evergreen Chamber Orchestra, Mukilteo Orchestra and Pacifica Chamber Orchestra. Many of his students have been admitted to prestigious institutions such as New England Conservatory, Indiana University, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon, Juilliard, USC, and Rice University.

A passionate advocate for the arts, Park is deeply involved in nonprofit organizations and youth music education. He enjoys working with his studio of 50 piano students, conducting a small chamber orchestra, and dedicating time to fostering musical excellence within his community. Through his unwavering dedication to music education and performance, Allan Park's mission is to inspire and shape the next generation of musicians in the Pacific Northwest.