NAKYUNG KANG

SOUTH KOREA

• date of birth: August 24, 2003
• currently studying with Prof. Nam Yun Kim at the Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Arts in South Korea;
• performed with the GMMFS Orchestra, KNIGA, KNUA Symphony Orchestra, Cheongju, Ulsan, Gangnam orchestras, the Millennium Symphony Orchestra.

Prizes: 1^st Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians (2017), Grand Prix at the Singapore Violin Festival & Competition (2017), 4^th Prize at the Menuhin Violin Competition (2016), 3^rd Prize at the Kloster Schöntal Violin Competition (2015)

Program:

First Round

Bach Grave and Fugue from Sonata in A minor for Solo Violin

Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major K. 218

Paganini Caprice No. 24

Second Round

Beethoven Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major Op. 12 No. 3

Enescu “Ménétrier” from Impressions d’enfance Suite Op. 28

Chausson Poème Op.25

Semifinal

Ravel Violin Sonata No. 2 in G major

Enescu Sonata No. 2 in F minor for Violin and Piano Op. 6

Waxman Carmen Fantasie

Final

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35