Pianist Jeongwon Ham has won numerous piano competitions, including the Bartók/Kabalevsky International Competition, Paul Hindemith Competition, Simone Belsky Competition, and Folkwang Piano Competition. Also, she won top prizes at the Epinal International Piano Competition and Artur Schnabel Piano Competition. The New York Concert Review referred to her debut recital in Merkin Hall, New York City, as “an admirable piano recital.” The German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau has written, “Jeongwon Ham possessed astonishing and effortless technique. She plays not only with incredible warmth, but also with great power.”   

Ham gave her New York City debut recital at the Merkin Concerto Hall and has performed in many European countries, Asia, and the United States. In 2000 and 2002 she gave solo recitals and master classes in Korea, France, and Germany. A few years later, she was re-invited to give recitals in Germany and Korea. In 2005, she went to Beijing, China as the artist in residence at the Renmin University of China and gave a recital, master classes, and a workshop. In the same year, she also gave recitals, workshops, master classes, and radio interviews in several cities in Germany and Korea. Her major performances in 2007 include solo recitals in Bochum and Meissen in Germany and a chamber recital at the IDRS (International Double Reed Society) in Ithaca, New York. Recently, she performed in Beijing and in the Summer of 2009 she gave solo recitals in Sheffield, England and in Berlin, Germany. She has been a featured pianist at international and national conferences and festivals including the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities and Festival Internationale Incontri Musicali di Sorrento in Italy. 

As a soloist, Ham has performed with several orchestras including Das Symphonie Orchestra Berlin (Berlin, Germany), Symphonie Orchestra of the Hochschule der Künste (Berlin, Germany), Orchestra of the University Essen (Essen, Germany), and Philharmonie de Lorraine (Epinal, France). In the United States, she also performed with Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra (Michigan), North Arkansas Symphony, OU Wind Symphony, University of Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra, and Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra. 

Ham has been an adjudicator at many international and national piano competitions including the Bartók/Kabalevsky/Prokofiev International Piano Competition, Sonatina and Sonata International Youth Piano Competition, Starr Young Artist National Piano Competition, and Dallas Symphony Young Artist Competition. In addition, she is frequently invited to judge numerous Music Teachers National Association piano competitions at regional, divisional, and state levels. 

Jeongwon Ham obtained degrees from the United States and Germany. In Germany, she graduated with highest distinctions (Reifeprüfung) from the Folkwang Hochschule für Musik in Essen and the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (Konzertexamen). In US, she received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Kansas. Her principal teachers include Sequeira Costa, Klaus Hellwig, Hans Leygraf, and Ludger Maxsein. She also studied with Edith Picht-Axenfeld, Claude Frank, Karl Heinz Kämmerling, Alfons Kontarsky Vitaly Margulis, György Sebõk, and Abbey Simon. 

As a teacher, Ham held teaching positions in Germany and US. In Germany, she taught at the Hochschule für Musik Hans-Eisler and Carl Phillip Emmanuel Bach Arts School in Berlin, and the University of Duisburg. In US, she has been a faculty member of the University of Arkansas and the University of Northern Iowa. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Piano at the University of Oklahoma. 

Ham is a recipient of several honors and grants including the prestigious Junior Faculty Research Program, two nominations for the Regent Award for Research and Creative Activities, and she was recently nominated for the Regent’s Award for Superior Teaching at the University of Oklahoma. At the University of Northern Iowa, Ham received several research grants including a Faculty Development Grant in addition to nominations for the Teaching Award.