A Young Talent: Yoo Jin Hong

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.

Encore!

We had an incredible time during Joo Young Oh's violin performances at Carnegie Hall this past Saturday.

It was a packed house...or should I say Hall? What an incredible talent. Much thanks to Oh not only for his illustrious work on pieces Saint-Saëns, Sarasate, Piazzolla, and Bernstein but also for his many encores, including pieces he composed himself! 

Just look at that smile!! A very heartfelt thanks also for the beautiful plaque he presented to Jason Kim afterwards for all his work in supporting Korean artists. Beautiful night for all!

From Right to Left: Jay Young Oh, Pianist Carlos Avila, guest violinist Yoo Jin Hong

NYU Dental Extravaganza Video

A captivated audience at the NYU Dental Extravaganza Symposium

The NYU Dental Extravaganza Symposium was absolutely incredible this year. So many talented people making headway in the field, all there to teach others and further the level of skill in oral design work.

For those of you who couldn't be there, you're in luck! My presentations were recorded! Being there in the midst of this great dialogue with various vendors, dentists, and ceramists is so important and if you can make it out next year, I highly reccomend it. If you were there, let others know what you enjoyed about it (or, of course, let me know on my facebook page HERE).

In the meantime though enjoy my presentations!

See part 1 of my lecture HERE
 

See part 2 of my lecture HERE

Shades of Time: Exhibition of the Archive of Korean-American Artists Part Two, 1989-2001

I'm so excited to announce I along with the Jason J. Kim Oral Design NY Center will be sponsoring an important art exhibit in NYC.

This first part of the exhibit opens this Wednesday April 9th at the Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Service NY with a reception that goes from 6-8pm. It's located at 460 Park Ave on the 6th floor if you are in the area. See below for the details on where and when the exhibit will also be shown.

This exhibition is the second part of the two-part project from “The Archive of Korean American Artists” of the AHL Foundation. After the successful first exhibition held in 2013 that presented archival materials of Korean artists active in the US from 1955 to 1989, this second exhibition showcases archival materials, documents, and early artworks by Korean artists from 1989 to 2001. While the first exhibition showcased 45 artists including Whanki Kim, Po Kim, Nam June Paik, and Ik-Joong Kang, this second exhibition features a younger generation of artists, many of whom are video, mixed media, computer graphics, and installation artists. Among more than 200 artists of this generation, 45 artists have been specially invited to exhibit their pivotal works stemming from the 1990s and 2000s; many of the works are reflective of the global events of the times such as the IMF bailout of Korea during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 1998 market crash by the dot-com bubble, the anxiety of the “Y2K” Millennium Bug in 2000, and the catastrophic tragedy of the 9/11 attacks.

This is a monumental undertaking, comprised of approximately 70 works by 45 artists as well as documentary materials.

I do hope you get a chance to see it while it's still around!