Jin Lee Youn, violin

Violinist Jin Lee Youn, born in Jeonju, Korea, started violin at the age of four. She attended Pre-College program at The Korean National University and graduated from Yewon Arts School (1999 – 2002) studying with Nam Yoon Kim, Seoul Arts High School (2002 – 2005) studying with Sung Sic Yang and Ik-Hwan Bae. After she moved to New York, USA, she completed her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in violin performance at The Juilliard School as the scholarship’s recipient, studying with Mr. David Chan and Mr. Lewis Kaplan and Ms. Sally Thomas, and Mr. Nick Eanet (2006 – 2012). She also completed her Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance at Stony Brook University, where she studied with Sooovin Kim and Philip Setzer, and Hagai Shaham (2012-2015).

She was awarded Gold Medal at Korea Music Competition in Seoul, Korea 1993, Winning a Prize at Seoul Music Competition in Seoul, Korea 1997, First Place at Music Competition of Paju in Korea 1999 and 2000, Second Place at the Nation-wide Music Competition sponsored by CBS in Seoul, Korea 2003, Winning a Prize at New York Artists International Competition, 2015.

She has Performed Mozart Concertante in E-flat Major with New York Classical Symphony Orchestra in Lincoln center, New York, NY 2015, Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo capriccioso with Inspired Passion Chamber Orchestra in Aram Art Hall, Goyang, Korea 2008, Mendelssohn Concerto in E Minor op.64 with Romania National Symphony Orchestra in Youngsan Art Hall, Seoul, Korea 2000.

She is actively performing both solo and chamber music throughout the countries. She is a violinist of Starry Duo, Duo for Violin and Viola, with violist Dahm Huh and they released an album in South Korea entitled “Hymns and Passcaglia” in January 2015. She was a violin faculty member at the New York Conservatory, in New York. She has coached young musicians at Youngnak Orchestra and she is a member of the Ontario Philharmonic Orchestra and the Canadian Sinfonietta in Toronto, Canada.