Born On March 4, 2000
Born in Germany
Germany
Violin 2005 Stefan Peter Greiner "Paganini" violin from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben
Education
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler | Yehudi Menuhin School
Teachers
Kolja Blacher | Lutsia lbragimova
Notable awards/competitions won
2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition Laureate | 2024 Verbier Festival Academy
| 2023 Kronberg Academy Festival | 2023 Montreal International Violin Competition (2nd Prize, Audience Award, Sonata Prize, Commission Piece Prize) | Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition (Senior 2nd Prize and the Audience Award) | Premio Lipizer International Violin Competition (2nd Prize, the Bach Prize, and the Sonata Prize) | Berlin International Music Competition (Grand 1st Prize) | Jeunesses Musicales International Violin Competition (1st Prize)
South Korean violinist and VC Artist SongHa is a top prize winner of the Montreal International Competition 2023, Windsor String Competition 2022, Premio Lipizer International Competition 2020, and Yehudi Menuhin International Competition 2016. She was recently named a laureate at the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2024.
SongHa has recently given solo performances at Berliner Philharmonie, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Wigmore Hall, Royal Festival Hall in London, Palais de Bozar in Brussels, Maison Symphonique Montreal and Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul, performing with orchestras such as Belgian National Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Württembergische Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, and KBS Symphony Orchestra.
This upcoming season, SongHa makes her concerto debut at the Konzerthaus Berlin, Musiekgebouw Amsterdam, and Seoul Arts Centre. She is regularly featured on numerous live media such as BBC3, Medici TV, RAI Italia, NPO, EuroArts, BBC Arts, and Classic FM.
Festival highlights include solo appearances at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Varna Music Festival, and Davos World Economic Forum, as well as performances at the Verbier Festival, Kronberg Festival, Tsinandali Festival, Four Seasons Festival, and Krzyzowa Festival.
What are your hobbies outside of music?
I do go through too many different hobbies, phase by phase, but the secure constants are drawing/painting, wire sculpting, reading and baking. I would still like to have more time for horse riding and dance lessons Berlin though!
If you were not a musician, what profession do you feel you’d be doing now?
I would have liked to become a writer or a chef. I do still dream about opening a jazz cafe one day!
What would your dream gig be?
To play together with both of my sisters, Haim (Violin) and Hayoung (Cello).
What is a song that makes you turn the radio up?
Any songs by John Denver, Julie London, or Nat King Cole! Or maybe classic French chansons.
What would you say makes you unique as a musician?
I try to translate and incorporate all kinds of arts, human emotions, and experiences into music where applicable, and make each performance personal and give it all!
Do you keep all 3 meals phone free? No social media scrolling.
If I am eating with others, the phone stays off the table. If I am alone, the phone is connected to the speaker for some background music!
