Violinist Lim Ji-young Performs Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

On the 7th of next month at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall
Winner of the 2015 Queen Elizabeth Competition

Violinist Lim Ji-young (photo), who won the Queen Elizabeth Competition in 2015, will perform Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto at the 216th regular concert of the New Seoul Philharmonic, held at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall on the 7th of next month.

In 2015, when she was twenty years old, Lim Ji-young became the first Korean to win the violin category of the Queen Elizabeth Competition, gaining international recognition. She has established herself as a distinctive soloist through collaborations with world-renowned orchestras such as the Munich Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, and Luxembourg Philharmonic. In 2021, she was the only classical performer selected as one of Forbes' '30 Under 30 Asia Leaders.' She has also represented Korea as a classical artist at several national events, including a concert hosted by the King of Belgium during his visit to Korea in March 2019 and the first anniversary event of the Panmunjom Declaration in April of the same year. In 2023, she was appointed as the youngest assistant professor in the Department of Orchestral Instruments at Yonsei University College of Music.

Lim Ji-young is currently performing on the 1717 Stradivarius violin 'Sasserno,' which was used by Wieniawski, on loan from the Japan Music Foundation.

Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, composed in 1877, is one of the most frequently performed violin concertos. Tchaikovsky left only one violin concerto.

For the second half of the concert, the New Seoul Philharmonic will perform Brahms' Symphony No. 4. The conductor will be Professor Jang Yoon-sung from Seoul National University College of Music.