Previously known by her Korean name Mi-Yeon I, Mimi is an international prize-winning classical concert pianist from New Zealand.

At age 16, she became the first student to be granted a special admission to a university in New Zealand, entering two years early. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree with First Class Honours from the University of Auckland, won 1st prize in the university’s concerto competition and also received the Blue Award. She continued her studies overseas at world’s most prestigious music institutions, including the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University in the United States, where she won 1st prize in Peabody’s piano competition during her first year of the Master of Music degree. She also studied at the “Incontri col Maestro” International Piano Academy in Imola, Italy, with world-renowned maestros and performed internationally.

She has performed at major concert halls around the world, and for former Prime Ministers Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark of New Zealand. She has also made numerous appearances on TV, radio and in magazines.