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Having earned her Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in violin performance from the Seoul National University, Ms. Kim graduated from her Artist Diploma, as a Starling Fellow on full scholarship at the USC-Thornton School of Music, under the violinist Midori Goto.

Since moving to Los Angeles in the fall of 2013, she has won first place in USC’s Solo Bach Competition and the Strings Concerto Competition, and was a semi-finalist at the Qingdao International Violin Competition and the Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

YuEun’s biggest passion is chamber music, She is a founding member of the Zaffre String Quartet and has been performed at chamber music festivals around the country, including Perlman Music Program, Yellow Barn, Banff, Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival and collaborated with such distinguished artists as Ida Kavafian, Colin Carr, Roger Tapping and Steven Tenenbom.

YuEun has appeared as a soloist with the USC Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Irvine. She has recently won the auditions for “Beverly Hills National Audition” and “Sundays Live at LACMA”, and became an artist at ‘Classics Alive’ management.

In 2017, YuEun undertook a big project, performing Beethoven’s complete violin sonatas in three concerts over the space of three weeks with great success in Los Angeles.

YuEun’s 2018 season highlights include solo performances with LA Virtuosi orchestra, Temecula Valley Symphony, Sequoia Symphony, touring the Bay area with guitarist Ines Thome, solo recitals at LACMA and Dame Myra Hess series in Chicago and a Canada (BC) tour with pianist Wayne Weng.

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Wayne Weng, piano

Pianist Wayne Weng’s playing has been described as “vibrant and immensely musical,” and as having “delicacy amounting to almost reverence [...] through gossamer touch” (Wiltshire Gazette & Herald). His “ability to modulate the piano’s sound [...] coupled with his great ear easily gave him an edge” (Sioux City Journal) to win the first prize at the 2013 Iowa Piano Competition. He was also a prizewinner at the Washington International Competition for Piano, where his performance in the final round “raised the excitement level of the afternoon several notches.” (The Washington Post).

As a soloist as well as a collaborator, Wayne Weng has performed in Canada, the United States, England, Italy, France, Holland, Belgium, Austria, Serbia, Egypt, Hong Kong and Taiwan. His performances have been featured on radio stations such as WFMT Chicago, WQXR New York, CBC Radio and Seattle King FM. As a member of the Phoenix Ensemble, his first commercial recording was released in 2017 to critical acclaim.

He has performed concerti with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra, Yonkers Philharmonic Orchestra, West Coast Symphony, Philharmonic Orchestra of University of Alicante, Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Seattle, and the Avanti Orchestra.

Wayne Weng’s musical interests and skills extend beyond classical music. An avid improviser, he frequently offers music from the American Songbook to the Beatles to Radiohead as encores.

Currently, he is a doctoral candidate at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center, where he is writing his dissertation on score alterations employed by great pianists from the past. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music (Bachelor of Music and Performer’s Certificate), Mannes College of Music (Master of Music), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (Master of Music with distinction), and Yale University (Artist Diploma). He has been awarded grants from The Solti Foundation and British Columbia Arts Council.

Ludwig van Beethoven [masked]) - Sonatas for Piano and Violin

Sonata No.1 in D Major, Op.12 No.1 (1798)

Sonata No.3 in E flat Major, Op.12 No.3 (1798)

Sonata No.4 in A Minor, Op.23 (1801)

Sonata No.10 in G Major, op. 96 (1812)