Yeyeong Jenny Jin
Violin
Acclaimed by The Violin Channel as “A stunningly stylish and polished young soloist,” Yeyeong Jenny Jin was born in Seoul Korea, and began her violin studies at the age of two. At nine, she was admitted to The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where she studied with the renowned pedagogue, Ida Kavafian.
Jenny was awarded the first prize and the best chamber music prize at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. She has also won top prizes at the 2022 Zhuhai International Violin Competition and the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition.
Jenny currently attends The Juilliard School as a proud recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, studying with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. She plays on a violin by Domenico Montagnana, Venice c1735, as the Sheila Smith prizewinner of the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition, which is on loan from Rare Violins In Consortium, Artists and Benefactors Collaborative.
You can see Yeyeong Jenny Jin in action on Thursday 24 October at Bayleys Great Classics: Mozart & Dvořák