Curriculum vitae

Name Yoojin Jang

School New England Conservatory

Date of Birth 22 December , 1990

Nationality Korea

E-mail janghkd@naver.com

Website www.yoojinjang.info

● Biography

● Education

● Competition & Awards

● Concert Schedule

● Important Performances ● Repertory

Biography

Yoo Jin Jang is a powerful young violinist who has been praised for her “fiery virtuosity” and sensitive interpretation. She has been performing with top Korean orchestras such as the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra since the age of 9. An active international soloist, Yoo Jin has appeared with Ivan Fischer's Budapest Festival Orchestra, the Bulgaria National Radio Symphony Orchestra under Emil Tabakov, the Sofia Philharmonia Orchestra under Ljubka Biagioni, the Erato Ensemble with Sholomo Mintz, the Exremadura Orchestra led by Jesus Amigo, and the Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo. Yoo Jin’s past season included the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago, the Munetsugu Competition Gala Concerts in Tokyo and Nagoya, a recital at Jordan Hall in Boston, and an appearance with the Nagoya Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra. Her upcoming season features her with the Caramoor Rising Stars, Ravinia Steans Institute on Tour, a recital at the infamous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, another recital in Jordon Hall in Boston, soloist with the NEC Philharmonia with conductor Josh Weilerstein, and her first CD release titled “Korean Young Musicians” under KBS (Korean Broadcast System) label, Aulos media & KBS Classic FM.

A seasoned competition winner, Yoo Jin has won all of the top youth competitions in Korea including the prestigious Ewha Kyunghyang Competition. Last March, she won the 4th International Munetsugu Violin Competition in Japan for which she was awarded the loan of the 1697 'Rainville' Stradivari violin. Most recently, YooJin was awarded Fifth Place and the special prize of “Best sonata other than Beethoven” at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, the most prestigious competition in the United States.

YOO-JIN JANG  ( 22 December ,1990 ), Korea

Yoo Jin was the grand prix winner at the Tchaikovsky Homeland International Competition for Young Musicians and was also awarded Best Performance of a Commissioned Work. She has placed at the Yehudi Menuhin Competition, the Yfrah-Neaman International Violin Competition, and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, where she won the Audience Prize and Best Performance of the New Zealand Commission Work. Yoo Jin has also been awarded many prestigious international prizes including the Second Daewon Music Award, Ishikawa Music Academy I.M.A Award and the Lotos Mozart Prize.

Also a sought after chamber musician, Yoojin founded The Kallaci String Quartet with Hyuk-ju Kwan, Hanna Lee, and Joon-Ho Shim. In 2012, The Kallaci String Quartet made its international debut at the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea and the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music. Yoo Jin has been recognized for her creative work as a chamber musician—in 2011 she won the Borromeo String Quartet Guest Artist Award and in 2009 was awarded the Schloss Weikersheim Scholarship as part of the London String Quartet Competition. Yoo Jin has also participated in the Marlboro and Ravinia Festivals, where she worked with artists such as Menahem Pressler, Dénes Várjon, and Peter Wiley.Yoo Jin holds a Bachelor of Music from The Korean National University of Arts, where she studied under Nam Yun Kim, and a Master of Music and Graduate Diploma from New England Conservatory, where she studied with Miriam Fried. She is currently pursuing an Artist Diploma at New England Conservatory.

YOO-JIN JANG  ( 22 December ,1990 ), Korea

Biography

■ 2013.9 - New England Conservatory, Artist Diploma Program

    *Study under Miriam Fried Biss

■ 2013.7 Participation in Marlboro Chamber Music Festival

■ 2012. 9

-2013.9

New England Conservatory, Graduate Diploma Programs    *Study under Miriam Fried Biss

■ 2012. 6

2010.6

Participation in Ravinia Festival Steans Institute

■ 2010. 9

-2012.9

New England Conservatory, Master Degree *Study under Miriam Fried Biss

■ 2006-2010 School of Music at the Korean National University of Arts *Study under Nam Yun Kim

*Graduated the top

■ 2002-2005 Preliminary School of Music at the Korean National University of Arts *Study under Nam Yun Kim

Education

Competition & Awards

■ 2014.10 9th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis 5th Prize, Award for best performance of a sonata other than Beethoven

■ 2013.2 the 4th Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition 2013, The 1st prize, Munetsugu Owner's Prize in Japan

■ 2010.10 Awarded in an annual "Guest Artist Awards" audition, join the Borromeo String Quartet Gala Concert

■ 2009.10 2009 Honver Vioiin Competition Semi-Finalist.

■ 2009.5 The 2nd prize at The Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2009 and The winner of The Michael Hill Audience Prize, The prize for the Best Performance of the NZ commission work.

■ 2009.5 The 4th prize at Seoul International Music Violin Competition

■ 2009.4 London International String Quartet Competition 2009

Semi finalist, Awarded “ Schloss Weikersheim Scholarship”

■ 2007.12 Awarded “Encouragement Prize at The Second Daewon Music Award”

(Daewon Music Award : The greatest music award in korea)

■ 2006.11 Grand prix and Prize of the administration of g.Izhevska 2006 International competition for young musicians" Tchaikovsky's Homeland

■ 2006.4 The 1st prize and Awarded Orchestra Prize at Lotos Mozart Prize Gdańsk

■ 2005.8 Awarded the Ishikawa Music Academy I.M.A Award

■ 2004.3 The 3rd prize at Yehudi Menuhin International Competition

■ 2003.4 The 2nd prize of 9th International Yfrah-Neaman-Competition

■ 2001.5 Winner of the prestigious Ewha & Kyunghyang Concours Competition

Concert Schedule

■ 2015. 6/28~8/16 Marlboro Music Festival/ Vermont, USA

■ 2015.5.28 Kumho Art Hall Rising Star Recital/ Seoul, Korea

■ 2015.5.23 Japan Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra/ Tokyo,Japan

■ 2015.4.26 Jordan Hall Recital/ Boston

■ 2015.4.14 ‘Ravinia Festival Tour’ at 2pm Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Music Center/ New York

■ 2015.4.4 ‘Ravinia Festival Tour’ 8pm Ravinia Festival, Bennett Gordon Hall/ Highland Park, Illinois

■ 2015.3.22 Gala Concert;Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition/ Nagoya, Japan

■ 2015.3.11 NEC Philharmonia, Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein/ Jordan Hall, Boston

■ 2015.3.8 Isabela Stewart Gardner Museum Recital / Boston

■ 2015.2.20 Old South Meeting Concert, Recital / Boston

■ 2014.11.27 KBS recording, CD press release concert, Seoul Art Center IBK Hall/ Korea

■ 2014.10/25,26 Caramoor, Evnin Rising Stars I,II / Katonah, NY

Important Performances

■ 2014.4 Jorden Hall debut Recital in Boston

■ 2014.4 Marlboro Music Festival-Recital series with pianist Renana Gutman

■ 2014.3 Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts recital in Chicago Cultural Center

■ 2014.2 Old South Meeting House concert

■ 2013.11 Kallaci String Quartet Recital in Seoul Art Center Concert Hall

■ 2013.10 Caramoor rising star series concerts with Pam Frank in New York

■ 2013.6 Kallaci String Quartet Recital in Sejong Art Center

■ 2013.5 Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music 2013, Artist Director- Violinist Dong Suk Kang

■ 2012.12 2012 KOREA-BULGARIA FRIENDSHIP CONCERT Tchaikovsky Violin Concert in D Major, Op.35

Bulgaria National Radio Symphony Orchestra Conductor Emil Tabakovsky

■ 2012.3 Kallaci String Quartet Recital

■ 2011.11 Borromeo String Quartet + Guests concert

■ 2009.12 Violin Performance as a soloist with Exremadura Orchestra

in spain 15th of May 2009 in Cáceres and the 16th in Badajoz)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

■ 2009.5 Violin Performance as a soloist with Exremadura Orchestra

in spain 15th of May 2009 in Cáceres and the 16th in Badajoz)

TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

■ 2009.1 Violin Performance as a soloist with Kioi Sinfonietta

Tokyo in the Hoam Art Center New Year Concert VIVALDI: Le Quattro Stagioni op. 8 Nos. 1-4

■ 2008.11 String ensemble Performance Asian Music Festival Kanazawa 2008 in japan

■ 2008.7 String ensemble Performance in the JT ART HALL ensemble 39th series in japan SMETANA: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor "From My Life“

SCHUBERT: String Quintet in C major op. 163 D. 956

■ 2007.10 Violin Performance as a soloist in the Korea International Music Festival 2007 BRUCH: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor op. 26

■ 2007.10 Violin Performance as a soloist with Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

■ 2007.5 Violin Performance as a soloist with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra In the “Hi! Seoul Festival 2007” closing ceremony SARASATE: Carmen Fantasy op. 25

Important Performances

■ 2007.2 Violin Performance as a soloist with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

■ 2005.4 Violin Performance as a soloist with Miedzynarodowy konkurs skrzpcowy at the festwal Gdanska Wiosna in Poland MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218

■ 2002.7 Violin Performance as a soloist with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra Viotte violin concerto no.22 in A minor

■ 2001.10 Violin Solo Recital at KUMHO PRODIGY Concert The first Recital ( at age 11 )

■ 2001.5 Violin Performance as a soloist with KBS Symphony Orchestra SAINT-SAËNS: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor op. 28

KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) is Korea’s leading public services

broadcaster and the most influential media organization in the country

Important Performances

Important Performances

Solo Violin

J.S Bach Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001

Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A minor BWV 1003

Partita for Solo Violin No. 3 in E major BWV 1006

Georg Friedrich Handel Passacaglia in G minor

Niccolo Paganini 24 Caprices op. 1

- No. 1 in E major (Andante)

- No. 17 in E flat major (Sostenuto – Andante)

- No. 24 in A minor (Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto)

Ner cor piu mi sento

Henryk Wieniawski Etudes-Caprices for two Violins op. 18 No.2,4

Eugene Ysaye Sonata for Solo Violin op. 27 - Sonata No.2 in A Minor - Sonata No.5 in G major - Sonata No.6 in E Major

Karl Amadeus Hartmann

Solo violin Sonata No.1

Repertory Violinist Yoojin Jang

Georg Friedrich Handel

Violin Sonata in D major HWV 371

Joseph Haydn Violin concerto no.1 in c major

Jean-Marie Leclair Violin Sonata no.3 in d major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Rondo in C major KV 373

Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major KV 301

Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor KV 304

Sonata for Violin and Piano KV 481 in Eflat major

Ludwig van Beethoven

Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major op. 12-1

Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major op. 12-3

Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor op. 23

Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major op. 24 "Spring"

Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor op. 30-2

Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major op. 30-3

Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major op. 47 "Kreutzer"

R.Schmann   Violin Sonata No. 2 in d minor , Op.121

Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major op. 100

Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor op. 108

Claude Debussy Clair de lune - from Suite Bergamasque

Violin Sonata in G minor

Franz Liszt      Grand Duo concertant sur la Romance de “Le Marin” for Violin and Piano

Cesar Franck Sonata in A major

Gabriel Faure Berceuse op.16

Violin and Piano Violinist Yoojin Jang

Repertory

Fritz Kreisler Liebesfreud

Liebsleid

Caprice viennois, Op.2

Fraeludium and Allegro  

Nicolo Paganini Sonata for violin and guitar op. 3

Sergei Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op35 bis

Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major op. 94

March from love for three oranges

Camille Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor op. 28

Havanaise in E major op. 83

Caprice, Op. 52 (Ysaye-Galamian)

Pablo de Sarasate Zigeunerweisen op. 20

Carmen Fantasy op. 25

Caprice Basque op. 24

Zapateado op. 23-2

Introduction et Tarantelle op. 43

Habanera op. 21-2

Giuseppe Tartini Violin Sonata No. 4 "Les trilles du diable“

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Waltz-Scherzo, Op.34

Three Pieces Op, 42 “Meditation ,Scherzo, Melody”

Valse sentimentale in F minor. Op.51 No.6

Giovanni Battista Vitali Chaconne in g minor

Antonio Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni op. 8 Nos. 1-4

Franz Waxman Carmen Fantasy

Henryk Wieniawski Scherzo-tarantelle op. 16

Variations on an Original Theme op. 15

Polonaise brillante No. 1 in D major op. 4

Fantasy on the themes from C. Gounod's Opera "Faust“

in A minor, op.20

Violin and Piano

Repertory

Francis Poulenc  Sonata for Violin and Piano

Violin and Piano

Repertory

J.S Bach Concerto for Two Violins in D minor BWV 1043

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor BWV 1041

Antonio Vivaldi Le Quattro Stagioni op. 8 Nos. 1-4

Joseph Haydn Violin concerto no.1 in c major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major KV 216

Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major KV 218

Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major KV 219 "Turkish"

Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major op. 61

Johannes Brahms

Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in e op.64

Edouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole in D minor op. 21

Nicolo Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major op. 6

Camille Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor op. 61

Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor op. 28

Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.2

Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor op. 47

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major op. 35

Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor op. 22

Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor op. 26

Bela Bartok Violin Concerto No.2 , Sz 112

Concerto

Repertory

Chamber

Joseph Haydn String quartet in c major op.76, no.3 “Kaiser”

String quartet in d major op.64 no.5 “The Lark“

String quartet in d minor op.76 no.2 "Quinten”

String Quartet in G minor. op. 74 No.3

 Wolfgang Amadeus

Mozart

String Quartet No. 19 in C major KV 465 "Dissonant“

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet No. 2 in G major op. 18-2

String Quartet No. 4 in C minor op. 18-4

String Quartet No. 5 in A major op. 18-5

String Quartet No. 9 in C major op. 59-3 "Rasumovsky"

String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major op. 127

String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor op. 131

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor op. 132

String Quartet Op.95 No.11 “Serioso”

String Quartet in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1

String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 3

Franz Schubert String quartet No.14 in d minor ”Death and the Maiden”

String quintet in C Major D.956

Quartetsatz in C Minor

Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 (D. 956)

N.Paganini String Quartet in a minor, Op.1a

String Quartet No.3 in a minor, MS 20/3

Robert Alexander Schumann

Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47

Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op.44

Clara Schumann     Piano Trio in g minor, Op.17

Repertory

F. Mendelssohn String Octet in Eb Major, Op.20

String Quintet No.2 in Bb Major, Op.87

Octet for strings in E-flat Major, Op.20

Bedrich Smetana String Quartet no.1 “from my life”

Johannes Brahms Piano quintet in f minor

Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op. 25

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D Minor OP.70 "Souvenir de Florence"

Dvorak String quintet op.97 “ The American”

Piano Trio op.90 No.4 “Dumky”

Arnold Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (Transfigured Night) for string sextet

Bela Bartok String Quartet No. 2 op. 17 Sz. 67

String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91, BB 95

A. Bliss Oboe Quintet

Astor Piazzolla The Four Seasons in Buenos Aires)

Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 in c minor, Op.110

Benjamin Britten Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 94

Chamber

Repertory