Yookyung Kang

SOUTH KOREA
June 20, 1996

Yookyung Kang graduated from the Korea National University of Arts with a Bachelor’s degree, where she studied with Professors Bonju Koo and Younguk Kim. She is currently in her final year of the doctoral programme at the Korea National University of Arts. She was the concertmaster of Confero Camerata and won several prizes, including the grand prize at the 2019 KBS KEPCO Music Competition, 2nd place at the Seoul International Music Competition, the youngest 2nd place and virtuoso special prize at the Kloster Schöntal International Violin Competition in Germany, 1st place at the Ewha Kyunghyang Music Competition, 2nd place at the JoongAng Music Competition, and many others. Moreover, she received the Shinhan Music Award.
YooKyung Kang has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Pueblo Symphony, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra. She made her debut at the Kumho Gifted Concert in 2007 and is currently active in chamber music performances. YooKyung Kang plays a violin supported by the Kumho Cultural Art Foundation.

First round
Johann Sebastian Bach Grave and Fugue from Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1003
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K. 219 (first movement with cadenza)
Niccolò Paganini Caprice in E flat major Op. 1 No. 17

Second round
Vlad Maistorovici B.A.C.H., Passacaglia for Solo Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor Op. 30
Jenő Hubay Carmen Fantasy Op. 3 No. 3

Semifinal
George Enescu Ménétrier from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28
Sergei Prokofiev Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor Op. 80
George Enescu Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor Op. 25, “dans le caractère populaire roumain”
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst Polyphonic Étude No. 6 in G major, The Last Rose of Summer

Final
Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 47

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