Son Yeoleum began to receive attention in the international music scene after winning the second place, the Best Chamber Music Performance of Mozart Concerto, and the Best Performance of the Competition-Commissioned Work at the 14th Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow in 2011. Since then, she has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Radio France Philharmonic, Spanish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (RTVE Symphony), Swiss’ Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Basel Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Hague Philharmonic, Antwerp Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Helsinki Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, and other leading orchestras from across Europe, as well as other continent-based orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Sydney Symphony, Melbourne Symphony, Auckland Symphony, NHK Symphony, Tokyo Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Taiwan National Orchestra, Singapore Symphony, and all major orchestras of the Republic of Korea.
She has won numerous awards including the 1st Kumho Music Award (2005), the 1st SK G.rium Artist Award (2013), the 10th Hong Jin-ki Creator Award (2019), the 3rd Pony Chung Young Leader Award (2022), and the Grand Prize at the 13th Daewon Music Awards (2024), establishing herself as one of Korea's most representative pianists. As the youngest columnist for the weekend edition of the Joongang Ilbo, “Joongang Sunday,” she wrote her columns every month for six years, later publishing them in a book that received great acclaim. Since 2022, she has been actively involved as a founding member of the Going Home Project, an orchestra that brings together Korean musicians based overseas as well as non-Korean musicians active in Korea.

The “Going Home Project” is an orchestra formed by Korean musicians scattered around the world and musicians who consider Korea their second home. In the summer of 2022, the orchestra made its debut with diverse repertoires, including a performance of “Rite of Spring” and a gala concert “Bolero” featuring the orchestra members as soloists, in its inaugural concert. The following year, the ensemble sold out its regular recital titled “New World,” sparking widespread attention. Starting in December of the same year, the ensemble completed a year-long series of “Beethoven’s Complete Symphonies and Overtures,” performing all nine symphonies and twelve overtures by Ludwig van Beethoven. Additionally, with the aim of providing practical support to future generations, the orchestra launched the Going Home Academy and has consistently held concerts and educational programs at a variety of venues, including Sinchon Severance Hospital, the Seoul Youth Music Center, the Education Student Culture Center under the Metropolitan City Office of Busan, the COEX’s Starfield Library, Incheon International Airport, and the Yonsei University College of Music, demonstrating its commitment to social responsibility.