Hyo Kang
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Hyo Kang was born in Seoul. As an immigrant from Korea, he started his life in America as a struggling violin student at the Peabody School nearly 40 years ago.
He graduated from The Juilliard School
where he studied with Dorothy DeLay
. Hyo Kang made numerous concert tours in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and Central America as both violin soloist and chamber musician. Today world-renowned violin teacher, Kang has been on the faculty of the Juilliard School
since 1978 and has given master classes in the United States, Korea and Japan. He has also been on the faculties of the Aspen Music School in Colorado since 1978 and the Nagano Aspen Music Festival in Japan since 1994. He was a visiting professor at the Seoul National University
in 1994 and served as a judge in several international competitions, including the Wieniawski-Lipinski in Poland. His students have distinguished themselves with top prizes at the world’s most prestigious competitions and are performing with major orchestras worldwide. Mr. Kang’s former students include Gil Shaham
, Sarah Chang
and Chee-Yun (Kim Chee Yun
), among many others. As a member of the highly acclaimed Theatre Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for more than 20 years, he has given many works their American premieres and enjoyed musical collaborations with such artists as Leon Fleisher
, Pina Carmirelli, Walter Trampler
and André Watts
.
In 2003, as part of the Centennial Celebration of Korean Immigration to the United States, Hyo Kang was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Korean Concert Society in recognition of his outstanding contribution to classical music, as a violinist and a teacher for the past three decades, developing innovative teaching methods at the Juilliard School Music, producing world-class violinists, and creating International Sejong Soloists, directing it to one of the best ensembles in the world.
The International Sejong Soloists (ISS) is uniquely composed of today's leading young soloists from eight nations. Under Mr. Kang's musical direction, the ISS has given critically acclaimed concerts at the Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y, Suntory Hall in Japan, Seoul Arts Center in Korea, and the National Arts Theatre in Taiwan. In 1997 the ISS was appointed the ensemble-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival, a post they still hold today. The ensemble has been featured regularly on National Public Radio's Performance Today, New York's WQXR radio, and was broadcast live on WFMT in Chicago from the Aspen Music Festival.
Mr. Kang was also the subject of a Korean Broadcasting System documentary titled, “Teaching Genius-Juilliard Professor, Hyo Kang.” The governor of Gangwon province asked Mr.Kang to bring the first international music festival to PyeongChang named "Great Mountains Music Festival & School" and the governor appointed Mr. Kang as the music director in March 2003, a position Kang held until he announced his retirement from the festival in 2010.
He joined the Yale
faculty in the fall of 2006.
He graduated from The Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
where he studied with Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
. Hyo Kang made numerous concert tours in the United States, Europe, Asia, Canada and Central America as both violin soloist and chamber musician. Today world-renowned violin teacher, Kang has been on the faculty of the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
since 1978 and has given master classes in the United States, Korea and Japan. He has also been on the faculties of the Aspen Music School in Colorado since 1978 and the Nagano Aspen Music Festival in Japan since 1994. He was a visiting professor at the Seoul National University
Seoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...
in 1994 and served as a judge in several international competitions, including the Wieniawski-Lipinski in Poland. His students have distinguished themselves with top prizes at the world’s most prestigious competitions and are performing with major orchestras worldwide. Mr. Kang’s former students include Gil Shaham
Gil Shaham
-Biography:Gil Shaham was born in Urbana, Illinois, while his parents, Israeli scientists, were on an academic fellowship at the University of Illinois. His father Jacob was an astrophysicist, and his mother, Meira Diskin, was a cytogeneticist. His sister is the pianist Orli Shaham. He is a...
, Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang
Sarah Chang is a Korean American violinist. Her debut came in 1989 with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Shortly thereafter, Chang was recognized as a child prodigy. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduating in 1999 and continuing university studies...
and Chee-Yun (Kim Chee Yun
Kim Chee Yun
Kim Chee Yun is a South Korean female violinist from Seoul. Her professional name is "Chee-Yun". Chee-Yun performed in Korea at the age of 13. She studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Felix Galimir. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1989...
), among many others. As a member of the highly acclaimed Theatre Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC for more than 20 years, he has given many works their American premieres and enjoyed musical collaborations with such artists as Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher
Leon Fleisher is an American pianist and conductor.-Early life and studies:Fleisher was born in San Francisco, where he started studying the piano at age four...
, Pina Carmirelli, Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler
Walter Trampler was a German musician and teacher of the viola and viola d'amore.Born at Munich, he began to study music at the age of 6, learning from his father, a violinist. In his youth, he toured Europe performing as the violist of the Strub String Quartet...
and André Watts
André Watts
André Watts is a classical pianist and professor at the Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University.-Life and early performances:...
.
In 2003, as part of the Centennial Celebration of Korean Immigration to the United States, Hyo Kang was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Korean Concert Society in recognition of his outstanding contribution to classical music, as a violinist and a teacher for the past three decades, developing innovative teaching methods at the Juilliard School Music, producing world-class violinists, and creating International Sejong Soloists, directing it to one of the best ensembles in the world.
The International Sejong Soloists (ISS) is uniquely composed of today's leading young soloists from eight nations. Under Mr. Kang's musical direction, the ISS has given critically acclaimed concerts at the Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, the Kennedy Center, the 92nd Street Y, Suntory Hall in Japan, Seoul Arts Center in Korea, and the National Arts Theatre in Taiwan. In 1997 the ISS was appointed the ensemble-in-residence at the Aspen Music Festival, a post they still hold today. The ensemble has been featured regularly on National Public Radio's Performance Today, New York's WQXR radio, and was broadcast live on WFMT in Chicago from the Aspen Music Festival.
Mr. Kang was also the subject of a Korean Broadcasting System documentary titled, “Teaching Genius-Juilliard Professor, Hyo Kang.” The governor of Gangwon province asked Mr.Kang to bring the first international music festival to PyeongChang named "Great Mountains Music Festival & School" and the governor appointed Mr. Kang as the music director in March 2003, a position Kang held until he announced his retirement from the festival in 2010.
He joined the Yale
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faculty in the fall of 2006.