Violinist MIYUN CHUNG was born in South Korea and began violin studies at the age of 11. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Han-Yang University in Seoul, and Master’s degree from Manhattan School of Music. She is the recipient of numerous awards and competition prizes, including the Seoul Music Competition, Young Musicians Competition sponsored by Chon-Buk National University, and the National Student Music Competition. Her extensive training has included violin and chamber music studies Joseph Kim, Glenn Dicterow, Lisa Kim, Laurie Carney, Lucie Robert and Yoko Takebe.
She has performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras such as Kwang-Ju city orchestra, Han-Yang string orchestra, Ureuk symphony orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra in NY, and Ensemble212. As an orchestra player, she was a concertmaster of Venusto Orchestra, Gwa-cheon City Youth Orchestra, OSH Opera Orchestra, Ureuk Symphony Orchestra, MSM Philharmonia orchestra and Ensemble212 orchestra. She had her Debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Hall as a winner of Artist International Competition in 2008 and Hope Church in New Jersey. In her native country, she was a winner of Kumho Young Artist competition and had a recital at Kumho Art Hall also, had her solo recital at Sejoung Art Center’s Chamber Hall in South Korea.
