Violinist Yoo Dayoon to Perform Recital on 1774 Guadagnini Turin Violin

On July 24 at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei

Violinist Yoo Dayoon will present a stage for the 'Kumho Instrument Series' at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei on July 24.

The Kumho Instrument Series features performances by beneficiaries of the Kumho Instrument Bank. Since 1993, the Kumho Cultural Foundation has operated the Kumho Instrument Bank, which provides promising young musicians with rare instruments on a free loan basis through open auditions. Yoo Dayoon was selected as a beneficiary of the Kumho Instrument Bank in 2023 and has since been performing with a J.B. Guadagnini Turin violin made in 1774.

For this concert, Yoo Dayoon will perform works by 19th- and 20th-century composers with a variety of musical colors. The program includes pieces by 20th-century composers Olivier Messiaen, Witold Lutoslawski, and Alfred Schnittke, each with their own distinctive style, as well as music by 19th-century composers Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Edvard Grieg, which incorporate elements of Polish and Norwegian folk music.

The first half of the concert will feature Messiaen's "Theme and Variations," Lutoslawski's "Subito," and Schnittke's Violin Sonata No. 1. In the second half, Yoo Dayoon will perform Paderewski's Violin Sonata and Grieg's Violin Sonata No. 2. Yoo Dayoon has consistently shown her passion for modern and contemporary works, having performed pieces by Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Maurice Ravel by 20th-century composers in her solo recital at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei last year.

Pianist Song Jaekeun will accompany her.

Yoo Dayoon has been gaining attention after winning second prize at the Long-Thibaud International Competition in 2023 and placing at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition last year. She was a finalist at the 2022 Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition and received special prizes at both the Baden-Baden Carl Flesch Academy in the same year and the 2021 ARD International Music Competition. In addition, she participated as a guest member of the Arete Quartet at the 2023 Salzburg Mozart Competition, winning first prize and the Mozart Best Interpretation Award. Yoo Dayoon graduated from Yewon School and the Korea National University of Arts and is currently studying under Kolja Blacher at the Hochschule f?r Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.