Viola, Violin
Ms. Jinyoung Park Kim is a distinguished violinist and violist who comes from a musical family. She is an active performer and a committed and successful educator, serving as a violin and viola faculty member at Mannes Prep.
Ms. Park Kim has performed extensively throughout the world, giving solo recitals and chamber music concerts at prestigious venues including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Merkin Hall in New York, as well as at Mozart Haus Wien and other notable locations in Salzburg, Como, Paris, London, Leipzig, Berlin, Tokyo, Milan, and Seoul.Passionate about nurturing young talent, Jinyoung shares her love for playing violin and viola with younger musicians. Her students have achieved significant accolades, including winning NYO2, NYO auditions,YoungArts, and From The Top competition. Many of them have been accepted into esteemed institutions such as Juilliard, Mannes,Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Institute, Boston College,Stanford, and Harvard University with scholarships.
She completed her pre-college and bachelor’s degree at theKonservatorium Der Stadt Wien in Austria. She finished her master’s and postgraduate degrees with perfect scores at Hochschule Für Musikund Theater Rostock in Germany. During her stay in Germany, she won the sponsored violin “Joseph Rocca” from Prof. Petru Munteanu.Jinyoung came to America to pursue her fervor as a musician. She earned her Professional Studies Diploma covered by a Merit Scholarship at Mannes College of Music with distinction. Ms. Park Kimhas performed in masterclasses given by Zakhar Bron, Michael Kugel, Dora Schwarzenberg, and the Orion String Quartet. Her exceptional teachers include Choong-Jin Chang, Daniel Panner, Petru Munteanu, Maria Egelhof, Raisa Musachozaeva, Leonid Sorokow, Alexander Arenkow, Thomas Christian, Wolfgang Sengstschmid, and Jae-Kwang Song.