John Hyunil Hong (Organ) was born in Inchon City, Korea. His musically gifted father, an organist for over 30 years as well as a pastor and music teacher, saw that John was innately musical and began teaching him piano at age 4. Between the ages of 10 and 16, John and his family toured throughout Korea, playing over 250 concerts. Soon after relocating to the US, John won two scholarships from Allen Organ Studios, Inc., Mineola, to study with Tom Hazleton, John Weaver, Steven Frank and David Hegarty. The arrangement of the toccata heard today by Frederick Swann was put on paper from a videotape by John's late identical twin brother, Paul Sungil Hong. A scholarship student at Juilliard School of Music, John is in his third year of college.           


The Rev. Peter Eunsung Hong, left, and John Hong.