Yoonshin Song, violin

Acclaimed as “a wonderfully talented violinist… whose sound and technique go well beyond her years,” violinist Yoonshin Song, was born in South Korea where she began her musical studies at age 5. Making her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age 11, she has since built a successful performing career throughout Korea, the United States, and Europe.

Song earned many prestigious prizes throughout her career. Some highlights include top prize awards in the Lipizer International Violin Competition (Italy), Lipinski & Wieniawski International Violin Competition (Poland), Henry Marteau International Violin Competition (Germany) and first prize at the Stradivarius International Competition in the US. In her native South Korea, Song has won virtually all the major national competitions.

As a soloist she has performed with many orchestras around the world such as the Detroit Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Utah Symphony, New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, the Paul Constantinescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Philharmonic Orchestra, to name a few.

She has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in numerous music festivals such as Marlboro Music Festival, Deer Valley Music Festival, the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival in the US, Miyazaki Chamber Music Festival in Japan and Verbier Festival, Lucerne Festival, Bayreuth Music Festival in Europe.

Recently appointed as the Concertmaster of the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Ms. Song has been the Concertmaster of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for seven seasons since 2012, during which she enjoyed close collaborations with inspiring guest artists such as Gil Shaham, Joshua Bell and Jamie Laredo among others.

Since 2019, she has also been invited to lead the Budapest Festival Orchestra on concert tours in Europe and North America under the direction of Ivan Fischer.
Song currently plays on a 1700 Vincenzo Rugeri violin on loan to her by a generous sponsor in Michigan. Her engagements as a soloist throughout next season include concerti by Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich and Bruch.