Ji Won SONG – Republic of Korea
Date of Birth: December 25, 1992
Nationality: Korean
After studying in the Pre-College Division of the Korean National University of the Arts with Nam-Yun Kim and Bon-Jiu Koo, Ji Won moved to the US in 2003 to study in the Preparatory Division of the Cleveland Institute of Music with David Cerone and David Russell. At 14 she was accepted at the Curtis Institute of Music where she now studies with Victor Danchenko. She has won prizes at several national competitions, 2nd Place at the Kingsville International Competition (2005) and a Silver Medal at the Stulberg International String Competition (2008). As a soloist she has played with the Wheeling Symphony, the Ambler, Asheville and Suburban Symphony Orchestras and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
1st ROUND
J.S. BACH Solo Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005, Largo and Allegro assai
W.A. MOZART Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218, 2nd movement
O. BULL Polacca from Polacca Guerriera
AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Rush (2004)
Accompanist:David Meier
SEMI-FINALS
L. VAN BEETHOVEN Quartet Op.18, No.4 in C minor, 1st movement
Contemporary Norwegian work for quick study
A. NORDHEIM Partita für Paul
E. YSAYE Sonata for solo violin No. 6 in E major, op. 27
FINALS
J. SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
