Gile Bae

Gile Bae, born in 1994 in Rotterdam (Netherlands), made her debut at the age of 5 as a soloist, at 6 she entered the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, where she studied with Marlies van Gent. She continued her studies with Maestro Franco Scala at the International Piano Academy of Imola, 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 of the International Steinway & Sons Piano Competition and represented 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”. 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.

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.

In 2025, Gile Bae played in concerts across the Middle East and Italy, followed by a recital tour throughout Central and South America in August.

She recorded Bach’s Goldberg Variations in2019 for the Foné label. 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. In 2025 Gile released an album with Universal Music, produced by Grammy Award-winner Michael Fine.