Winner of the International Henryk Wieniawsky Violin Competition 2011, Soyoung Yoon is recognized as one of the most outstanding young violinists.
Soyoung Yoon studied at the National University of the Arts with Kim Nam-Yun in South Korea and with Zakhar Bron at the Musikhochschule Cologne and Zurich.
She started the competition circuit with an astonishing first prize at the 2002 Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition at the age of seventeen. Yoon is also a prizewinner of the top four violin competitions in the world: the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2007, the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2009, the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2010 and the International Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in 2011.
Soyoung Yoon performs as a soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, Belgian National Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, NDR North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Quebec Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Radio Orchestra of Kiev, Euskadiko Bask National Orchestra, Bern Symphony Orchestra, Zurich Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, Trondheim Soloists, Moscow Virtuosi, London Mozart Players, Vienna Chamber Orchestra and Zurich Chamber Orchestra. She works with conductors such as Maxim Vengerov, Krzysztof Penderecki, Mario Venzago, Gilbert Varga, Muhai Tang, Justus Frantz, Gabriel Chmura and Saulus Sondetzki.
In recitals she was heard at the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Musical Olympus St. Petersburg, Tokyo Santori Hall, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Seoul Arts Center and the Moscow Rostropovich Festival.
Soyoung Yoon plays a violin from J. B. Guadagnini (ex-B�ckeburg, 1773).
Violin students at PRISMA 2014 will be working with this world class returning PRISMA guest artist in masterclasses, sectional rehearsals and even private lessons for the two weeks of PRISMA.
