Chi Yong Yun is director of piano studies at Andrews University, a position she has held since 2008. She was born in Seoul, Korea, and moved to the US at the age of six. The recipient of many honors and awards, she received both her undergraduate and graduate degrees with honors from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University as a Thomson Star Fellow.

As an undergraduate, Yun pursued dual degrees, having been accepted into the prestigious Performers Diploma program. Her piano studies at IU were under the tutelage of Edmund Battersby, Karen Shaw and Menahem Pressler. Yun is currently pursuing a DMA at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying piano with internationally acclaimed pianist Ian Hobson.

Yun's performances as a recitalist, collaborative musician, and lecturer have taken her throughout the United States, Korea, and Europe. The top prizewinner of numerous international and national competitions, she was invited to participate in the Aspen Music, the Shandelee International Piano, and Folgarida Summer festivals, the latter being in Prague. She was also invited to participate in Deeper Piano Studies with Frederic Chiu and has performed in master classes for legendary artists Leonard Hokanson, Gyorgy Sebok, Abbey Simon, Janos Starker, Andre Watts, and Earl Wild.

Additional studies have also been taken in voice with Camilla Williams, Alan Bennett, and Cynthia Hayman, and in conducting with Carmen Tellez and David Effron. Prior to coming to Andrews University, Yun held teaching positions at Indiana University, the University of Illinois, and Illinois Wesleyan University.

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