Jiyeong Mun was born in Yeosu, South Korea on 19 December 1995.
Her success with less fortunate background drew media attention, especially when she won the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists in Germany in 2012.
[1] Since 2010, she has been taught by the pianist and professor Kim Dae-jin, and is currently pursuing a graduate course at Korea National University of Arts.
[2] Since then she performed with internationally renowned orchestras and conductors such as Alexander Shelley, Valentina Peleggi, Dietrich Paredes, and Massimo Belle and Myung-whun Chung.
In 2017, she toured in Italy with the Haydn Orchestra led by the conductor Benjamin Bayl.