Clara-Jumi Kang

Clara-Jumi Kang (born June 10, 1987 in Mannheim ) is a German violinist of South Korean descent.

Youth and education

Clara-Jumi Kang was born in Mannheim to South Korean parents. Both parents are opera singers; father sings bass, mother soprano. She received piano and violin lessons at the age of three. From the age of five she was taught by Valery Gradow at the Mannheim University of Music . At the age of 7 she moved to the United States and received a scholarship at the Juilliard School , where she studied with Dorothy Delay and Hyo Kang. She then studied at the Hanns Eisler University in Berlin and the University of Music and Theater in Munich .

Career

She gave Kang's first professional appearance with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra . In 2009 she won the Seoul International Violin Competition in Hanover . and won second place at the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition in Hanover . In 2010 she won first prize at the Sendai International Violin Competition and a gold medal at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis , where she was also honored with 5 additional prizes. In 2012, she was named one of the 100 most influential Koreans by the Dong A Times newspaper , and in the same year she received the Daewon Music Award for her outstanding performance at international concerts. In 2014 she was honored with the Kumho Musician of the year award.

Trivia

The fact that Clara-Jumi Kang was admitted to the pre-school class of the Mannheim University of Music at the age of 5 is due to a mix-up. Kang's parents submitted the application when Clara-Jumi was 4 years old. The responsible clerk mistakenly believed that a “1” had been forgotten in the age specification; since typical preschoolers were around 13 to 14 years old, he added the "1" and made a "14" out of the "4". It was only when she was asked to audition and a 4-year-old child appeared that it became clear that the age originally entered in the application letter would have been correct. She was still allowed to audition and was then also admitted to the preschool class.

Web links

• Clara-Jumi Kang's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Clara-Jumi Kang, violin. Classical Connect, accessed August 5, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ji-sook Bae: Clara Jumi Kang, latest darling of classical music . The Herald Business. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
3. ↑ Kim Min: Philip Kang: A Korean Bass Succeeds on European Stage. The Korea Foundation, 1995, accessed August 5, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Clara Jumi Kang. Vienna Chamber Orchestra, accessed on August 5, 2017 . 
5. ^ Roger McBain: Violin gold medalist plays with orchestra, chorus Saturday . Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
6. ↑ Clara-Jumi Kang, violin, with piano accompanist Chih-Yi Chen . Downers Grove Concert Association. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
7. ↑ 2009 Violin Prize Winners . Seoul International Music Competition. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
8. ↑ Rory Williams: violinist Fumiaki Miura Wins First Place at Hannover Competition . In: Strings Magazine , January 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 26, 2014.  
9. ^ Winner of the Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition. (No longer available online.) Lower Saxony Foundation, archived from the original on August 6, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Anthony Aibel: International Violin Competition of Indianapolis . New York Concert Review, Inc. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
11. ↑ Harry Rolnick: Strings of astonishment . The Post Publishing PCL. Retrieved June 26, 2014.
12. ↑ Standard artists. (No longer available online.) Standard-artists.com, archived from the original on August 6, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ The Inner View Ep131 Clara-Jumi KANG, a promising young violinist, Interview neck with Clara-Jumi Kang