Seung Hee Yang (
Korean: 양승희; born November 17, 1969) is a South Korean violinist and academic. She is a violin professor at
Chugye University for the Arts and has performed internationally.[1][2]
Born in Seoul, South Korea, she initially learned to play the piano before taking up the violin at the age of 6. She graduated from the Yewon Art School, Seoul Arts High School, and achieved the Bachelor of Music at the
Seoul National University studying with Jong-sook Lee. She studied at the
Salzburg Mozarteum for the Master of Music with
Ruggiero Ricci in 1995, at
Amsterdam Conservatory for the professional Performance certificate with Victor Liberman in 1998 and at
Rutgers University for the Doctor of Musical Arts with
Arnold Steinhardt in 2002.
Awards
Winner of the 30th Dong-A music competition (1990, South Korea)[3]
Winner of Artists International annual New York debut audition (2000, USA)
Career
Performance
Orchestral: CIS Collegium Musicum Salzburg,
Rutgers University Orchestra,
KBS Symphony Orchestra,
Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Classical Players, Seoul City Chamber Orchestra, Seoul Music Academy Orchestra, Collegium Musicum of
Seoul National University
Solo performances and chamber performances at music festivals and conferences: Holland Music Session, Gradus Music Festival in Spain, Bowdoin Music Festival in U.S.A, National Conference of Music of College Music Society in Canada, Carl Flesch Academy in Germany, Atlantic music festival in U.S.A, Krumlov Festival in Czech Republic
Orchestra leadership
2005-2011 Associate
concertmaster of Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra
2014–present Concertmaster of Seoul Academy Ensemble
Teaching and research
1994
Ruggiero Ricci's research assistant at the Salzburg Summer Academy
1998 Research assistant at Rutgers University
2000-2001 Factulty of Rutgers Community Music Program
2012-2022 Artist/Professor at Atlantic Music Festival
2012–present Professor at Chugye University for the Arts
References
^Jacobson, Marion (January 23, 1991).
"Korean Music And More". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. b.09. Archived from
the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^"Seung Hee Yang". Atlantic Museum Festival. Archived from
the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^Dong-A music competition.
Winners' list. Retrieved 23 November 2012 (in Korean)