Gile Bae

Gile Bae, born in 1994 in Rotterdam (Netherlands), made her debut at the age of 5 in South Korea as a soloist in Haydn’s Piano Concerto in C major. At 6, she entered the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied with Marlies van Gent. She continued her studies under Maestro Franco Scala at the International Piano Academy of Imola “Incontri col Maestro,” graduating in 2017.

She won numerous first prizes from an early age, including the International Steinway & Sons Piano Competition, the EPTA International Piano Competition in Belgium, the Maria Campina International Piano Competition in Portugal, the Princess Christina Competition, and the Stichting Jong Muziektalent Competition in the Netherlands. At 15, she won the first prize in the upper category of the International Steinway & Sons Piano Competition and was selected to represent the Netherlands at the International Steinway & Sons Festival, performing at the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg. After these successes, Gile decided to no longer participate in competitions.

She has performed for the Dutch Royal Family and Nobel Prize laureates. In 2018, in Vienna, she was named a “Bösendorfer Artist” in the presence of Paul Badura-Skoda and Sir András Schiff. By invitation of Sir András Schiff, she performed at the Klavier Festival Ruhr and participated in the “Building Bridges” project during the 2020/2021 season in various European venues, including De Singel in Antwerp, Beethoven-Haus in Bonn, and Konzerthaus in Berlin. She also performed at the MITO Festival in Milan and Turin, Italy, and participated in several editions of the “La Milanesiana” Festival.

Gile Bae has performed with various orchestras in England, Austria, Oman, Hungary, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and Italy. Notably, she performed for the 25th anniversary of the International Piano Academy “Incontri col Maestro” in Imola, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy. She has also performed with the first chairs of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan in the presence of the President of the Republic in Malta at the Mediterranean Conference Centre, at Teatro Coccia in Novara (Italy), and at Teatro Claudio Abbado in Ferrara with the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fabio Luisi. Additionally, she performed at the Royal Opera House in Muscat (Oman) with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and returned there in January 2024 for a recital and masterclass.

She recorded Bach’s Goldberg Variations (re-recorded in 2019 for the Foné label) after performing them in various venues, including the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. In 2023, she released an audio and video album with the Arcana label featuring piano concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach, in collaboration with the Archi di Santa Cecilia in Rome. Further albums are set for release in 2024 and 2025 with the Universal label, featuring works by J.S. Bach, F. Chopin (24 Preludes), and R. Schumann, produced by Grammy Award-winner Michael Fine.