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Ji
in Yang,
Violinist
South
Korean violinist
Ji in Yang began her music
journey at the age
of six.
Since then, she has appeared
internationally as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician at such venues as the Salle
Gaveau in Paris, the Seoul Arts Center, Beijing's National Centre
for
the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center,
Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie
Zankel Hall and Weill Hall,
London’s Wigmore Hall, and Cadogan Hall.
Recognized for her expressive
and
nuanced playing, the United Kingdom’s Musical Opinion described her solo appearance at Cadogan Hall as “brilliantly played”.
A guest soloist of orchestras internationally, Ms.
Yang regularly appears with ensembles
in the
United
States and all the major
orchestras in Korea, including the
KBS Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Ulsan Philharmonic
Orchestra to name a few.
Ms. Yang tours regularly with the distinguished chamber ensemble,
Sejong Soloists, where
she often appears as a soloist.
Their Passion album on the
Universal Music label features
her as a soloist in Piazzolla's Four Seasons and
Ponce’s Estrellita arranged by Heifetz. In 2006, she was appointed
the “Samsung Foundation of Culture” Chair, a distinction she
held until 2008.
Ms. Yang's performances have
also been heard on radio and television shows such as NPR’s From the Top, Japan’s NHK,
America’s Capital Public
Radio on “Insight”, and
guest appearances on Korea’s KBS television shows “Art Theatre” and
“Classic
Odyssey". She was also a guest performing artist at the United Nations
in their Earth Day
celebrations.
A frequent
collaborator with some
of the world’s leading musicians, she has worked closely with such artists
as Joseph Kalichstein,
Cho-Liang Lin, and Elmar Oliveira. Ms. Yang holds Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees from the Juilliard School where
she studied with Hyo Kang and Dorothy
DeLay, and graduated from Yale
University with an Artist Diploma. She
is currently pursuing
her Doctorate of Musical Arts on a
full scholarship at the
Graduate Center of the City University of New York with Daniel
Phillips. She
has also worked with Ruggiero Ricci, Itzahk Perlman,
Rodney Friend, Robert McDuffie,
Dong-Suk Kang,
Chin Kim, and Igor Ozim in masterclasses.
Ms. Yang plays a
Petrus Guarnerius violin,
made in Venice in
1723.
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