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 Minji Kwon
South
Korean violinist MINJI KWON joined Sejong Soloists in 2015. She has performed
throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player. Kwon
is the prize winner of the OSAKA International Music Competition, George
Gershwin International Competition, Forte International Music Competition,
National Symphony Orchestra Competition and Seoul Symphony Orchestra
Competition.
She has
also appeared as soloist with the State Philharmonic Orchestra Rzeszow in
Poland, Seoul Symphony Orchestra, Seoul National Symphony Orchestra, Degu
Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Hyup Strings Ensemble and
Seoul National University String Ensemble. She has performed in solo recitals
at Kumho Art Hall and Ewon Culture Center.
Kwon also
participated in numerous festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival as a
full scholarship recipient, Music Academy of the West, Juilliard Chamber Fest,
Salzburg International Music Academy, Lake George Music Festival, Music Alp
Festival, Lindenbaum Orchestra Festival (with conductor Charles Dutoit) and
Tong Yong International Music Festival.
As an
orchestra player, she played various concerts at The Juilliard School as a
concertmaster with ensembles including Juilliard Orchestra and New Juilliard Ensemble.
She was selected as concertmaster at Music Academy of the West, where she
performed with Alan Gilbert. In 2015, she joined the New Jersey Symphony
Orchestra. Kwon is an active chamber musician; her trio has performed at many
halls in New York and was invited to perform in Washington, DC. As a member of
Sejong Soloists, she has toured throughout the United States, Munich, London,
Spain, Czech Republic, Macao, Russia and Korea.
Kwon
started to play the violin when she was 8 years old. In 2009, she began working
with Professors Young-Uck Kim and Kyung-Sun Lee at the Seoul National
University, where she was granted a Graduates of Seoul National University
Scholarship and a Graduates of Music College Scholarship. She earned a Bachelor
of Music degree, summa cum laude, from the university in 2013. In 2015, Kwon
received her Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance
of Hyo Kang. She is a faculty member at the New York Music School in Tenafly,
New Jersey.
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