Date of Birth: 28.10.1984
Instrument: J. B. Guadagnini ex Bückeburg, 1773

She is a student with Professor Zakhar Bron at the Zurich University of the Arts; her other teachers include Shlomo Mintz, Ida Haendel, Donald Weilerstein and Victor Danchenko. She has received major prizes in Korean competitions and won renowned international contests such as the Yehudi Menuhin Competition (2002), Georg Kulenkampff Competition in Cologne (2003), Tibor Varga Competition (2005) and David Oistrakh Competition (2007). She has also successfully participated in the Indianapolis Competition (2010), Queen Elizabeth Competition (2009) and Tchaikovsky Competition (2007). Soyoung has performed with leading Russian, English, German, Swiss, Belgian and Korean orchestras and with prominent conductors including Gilbert Varga, Saulus Sondetzki, Muhai Tang and Justus Frantz.

Program performed during the 14th International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition (October 2011):
Stage 1:

J. S. Bach: first and second movement of a sonata for solo violin BWV 1001
N. Paganini: Capriccio No. 24 Op. 1
H. Wieniawski: Capriccio Op. 10 No. 7 (La Cadenza)
F. Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for violin solo Op. 6

Stage 2:

S. Prokofiev: I Sonata in F Minor Op. 80
H. Wieniawski: Variations on an Original Theme Op. 15
K. Szymanowski:  La fontaine d'Arethuse of Mythes cycle Op. 30

Stage 3:

W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto in G Major KV 216 (first movement)
W. A. Mozart: first movement of Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major KV 364/320d

Lech Bałaban - viola

Stage 4:

H. Wieniawski: First Violin Concerto in F sharp Minor Op. 14
J. Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D Minor Op. 47