VC YOUNG ARTIST | Suyeon Kang, 26 - 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition 1st Prize

26 year old South-Korean-born Australian violinist, VC 'Young Artist' Suyeon Kang is firmly establishing herself as one of the new rising stars of the international concert stage.

A Konzertexamen student of Professor Antje Weithaas, at the Hochschule fūr Musik 'Hanns Eisler' Berlin, Suyeon is a former prizewinner of the Indianapolis, Menuhin, Buenos Aires and Bayreuth International Violin Competitions -  and was recently awarded 1st and the Audience prize at the 2015 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, in New Zealand.

SUYEON KANG & ROHAN DE SILVA | ACHRON | HEBREW MELODY | 2014 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

A passionate chamber musician, she is a founding member of the Boccherini Trio - the official ensemble of the European Chamber Music Academy.

Recent collaborators include Lukas Hagen, Clemens Hagen, Hannah Weinmeister, Daniel Gaede, Christian Tetzlaff and Stephen Isserlis.

Suyeon's first CD, under the Atos Label will be produced in 2016 - featuring works by Bloch and Bartok.

SUYEON KANG | SIBELIUS VIOLIN CONCERTO | 1ST MVT | 2015 MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

SUYEON KANG | BACH | SONATA NO. 1 IN G MINOR | ADAGIO & FUGUE | 2015 MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

SUYEON KANG | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV | SADKO (ARR. KREISLER) | 2015 MICHAEL HILL INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

SUYEON KANG & DANIEL BLUMENTHAL | BLOCH | BAAL SHEM | 2015 QUEEN ELISABETH INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

SUYEON KANG & ROHAN DE SILVA | WAXMAN | CARMEN FANTASY | 2014 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

 

SUYEON KANG & ROHAN DE SILVA | BEETHOVEN | SONATA NO. 7 IN C MINOR | 2ND MVT | 2014 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL VIOLIN COMPETITION

Name: Suyeon Kang

Violin: Laurentius Storioni fecit Cremonae 1777

Bow: Eugene Sartory ca 1920

Both kindly on loan by the Fondation Boubo Music, Switzerland (2015)

Strings: G, D, A Thomastik-Infeld Vision Titanium , E Lenzner Goldbrokat

Accessories: Wolf Shoulder Rest, Melos Rosin

Teachers: Antje Weithaas, Daniel Gaede

Schools: Hochschule fuer Musik 'Hanns Eisler' Berlin, HfM Nuernberg, Australian National Academy of Music

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