VIOLIN 2023
SEMIFINALIST
Born in South Korea, Yeyeong Jenny Jin began her studies at age 2. At the age of 8, she won the Kumho-Asiana Cultural Foundation Award, resulting in the loan of a fine half-size violin made in 1700, the Carlo Giuseppe Testore, and a solo recital. At age 9, she was admitted to The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and studied with renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian.
In 2016, Yeyeong became a student of The Perlman Music Program and won top prizes at the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition and the 2022 Zhuhai International Violin Competition. She is currently at The Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, studying with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin.
Principal teachers
- Li Lin – current
- Itzhak Perlman – current
- Ida Kavafian – 2013-2021
Major Competitions
- Zhuhai International violin competition 2022, 2nd prize
- Stulberg International String competition 2020, Silver medal
ProgramME
FIRST ROUND
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
II. Fugue
EUGÈNE YSAŸE Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 27
I. L’aurore
II. Danse rustique
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
I. Allegro malincolico
II. Allegro ma non troppo
SEMIFINAL
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
I. Allegro con brio
II. Adagio cantabile
III. Scherzo: Allegro – Trio
IV. Finale. Allegro
LUNA PEARL WOOLF L’Inconnu.e bouleversant.e
LEO JANÁCEK Violin Sonata
I. Con moto
II. Ballada
III. Allegretto
IV. Adagio
HEINRICH WILHELM ERNST Last Rose of Summer
Pianist: Philip Chiu
Yeyeong Jenny Jin is generously sponsored by the Fondation Ronald Denis M.D.
