I was so taken aback by the lovely and talented Yoo Jin Hong as our guest artist at last week's concert at Carnegie Hall, I just had to write a post about her. Hong joined Joo Young Oh on stage and also presented solo pieces at the concert that Jason J Kim Oral Design Center sponsored recently, and we were blown away by her performances.
Yoo Jin Hong
Hong's talent is even more impressive because she is still so young at 17!
In 2010 when she was only 13 years old, she won 1st place in David Oistrakh Competition and showed her talent at an early age.
Take a look at one of her performances online back during the same year
Yoo Jin graduated from the Yewon Art Middle School and the Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Art in the class of Bon‐ju Koo. She was a girl who enjoyed listening to David Oistrakh and Heifetz CDs as a little girl.
She also came in 2nd place at Louis Spohr Competition in Germany and began to earn her recognition internationally when she won her Grand Prix prize in 2012 at Balys Davarionas competition. Thereafter, she was invited to perform at various countries including China, Germany, Italy, Malaysia, Korea and more.
She was especially loved when she had her Tchaikovsky Conservatory recital in Moscow. She is currently the youngest student to be accepted into Korea’s prestigious School of Music at Seoul National University at the age of 16 and is studying under Professor Joo Young Baek.
She delighted everyone at Carnegie Hall and I just want to thank her again! If you have a chance to listen to her in person, you absolutely must! If you are interested in inviting her to perform by you, contact the European Union of Music Competitions for Youth (EMCY) Here.