A native of Korea, I am an active solo violin player both in Canada and Europe. Winning the 2nd Prize in 2007 Padova International competition, I was a member of Jenaer philharmonie orchestra in Jena, Germany and was the concertmaster of the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra for 10 years. 

 

 I have began musical training with violin at age of six with Prof. J.K. Song in Korea. After my immigration to Canada, I furthered my studies on the violin with Mr. Arthur Ludwig Polson. In Canada, I was a top prize winner in many musical competitions such as the ’96 North American Star Quest.

 

 In the student years in Germany, I have earned bachelor’s degree in music from the Musik Hochschule Felix Mendelssohn Bartholy in Leipzig and studied violin with Prof. Ulrich Klupsch. Throughout the years in Musik Hochschule, I was appointed as a concertmaster under the baton of legendary conductors such as Kurt Masur and Fabio Luisi.

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 In the season 2001, I have been giving concerts throughout Europe, including Italy, Germany, Hungary, Russia and Switzerland with the chamber orchestra “l’seidici” as of 1st violin tutti/solo player. With the Mendelssohn haus debut in Leipzig, Germany in 2004, I was appointed as concertmaster of the music school and associate concertmaster of ARS chamber orchestra of Leipzig. During the Leipzig period, I have also been working with worldly renowned orchestras such as “Gewandhaus Orchester zur Leipzig”.

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 In the year 2008, I have received both in performance and teaching degree in Musik Hochschule Leipzig and was assigned as an assistant Professorship from my teacher Prof. Ulrich Klupsch.

With the graduation, I have auditioned and accepted for both Orchestra Academy position in Musikhochschule “Franz Liszt” Weimar and also for Konzertexamen degree in Musikhochschule “Carl-Maria Webber” Dresden. In the last season, I was selected in the Konzertexamen ensemble in Dresden Musikhochschule and appointed for a concertmaster. In Dresden Musikhochschule, I have studied with a Gramophone award winner Professor John Holloway and graduated with top honors.

 

 Since my return to Canada in 2009, I gave numerous solo concerts with Orchestras in Vancouver such as West Coast Symphony, New Westminster Symphony, Vancouver Philharmonic, Harmonia chamber orchestra and Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra performing;

- Vivaldi's four seasons

- Bruch's violin concerto, Scottish Fantasy,

- Beethoven's violin concerto

- Saint saens violin concerto No. 3

- Drovrak Romance

- Wieniawsky violin concerto No. 2

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and chamber concertos with orchestra such as; 

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- Bottessini Concerto for Violin and double bass with orchestra (Bass : Daniel Camargo)

- Mendelssohn concerto for Piano and Violin with orchestra (Piano : Barry Tan)

- Martinu Concerto for Flute and Violin and orchestra (Flute: Laura Vanek)

- Michael Conway Baker Canticle for an Angel, Concerto for Quartet and orchestra 

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