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Joo-Young Oh earned recognition as a young
virtuoso violinist when he won the 1996 Young
concert Artists International competition in
New York at age fourteen. he began playing
the violin at the age of five and in 1994
moved to the United States to continue his
studies.
His debut appearance in the U. S. was a
performance with the Orchestra of the
Interlochen Arts Camp after winning the
competition in 1992. later the same year, he
was invited to perform twice with the San
Jose Symphony in california. he was then only
at the very tender age of Eleven.
Mr. Oh has performed extensively including
recitals in major U.S. cities like Los
Angeles, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta, Washington
D.C., Orlando, new york and world renowned
cities such as, Berlin, sydney, tokyo, Osaka,
Vienna, Lyon, & Vancouver. Noteworthy are his
orchestral performances with the Los Angeles
Philharmonic under maestro Salonen, the
Tacoma Symphony, PA the Altoona Symphony, PA,
the Hungrarian soloist Chamber Orchestra, the
Ukraine national symphony Orchestra, the
Sazburger kammer Philharmonie in austria, the
massapequa Philharmonic & north Shore
Symphony in Mew York, the Aspen Music
Festival Orchestra, the Los Angeles Theater
Orchestra, and the KBS Symphony, Seoul
Philharmonic, and Pusan Philharmonic in south
Korea.
Mr. Oh recently collaborated with world
renown Soprano and Deutsche Gramophone
artist, Sumi Jo, in a concert tour as guest
soloist. he also made his 2003 new York
Carnegie weill hall debut, which was followed
by a Six-City performance tour in South
Korea. His most recent activities in 2004
include, guest soloist at the Hardelot Summer
Music Festival in France, and special guest
at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in the Los
Angeles World Youth Festival. He is winner of
the 2004,2005, in Denver, Dallas, Washington
D. C. and New York.
Mr. Oh has received the 'Outstanding Youth
Award' from the Minister of culture and Arts
as well as the 'Golden Medal Award' from the
Institute of Music Federation in Korea. His
discography include the 'Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto' with the Slovakia Philharmonic of
Europe & "Sacred Hymns' for Violin & Piano.
Mr Oh is a student of the late dorothy Delay
and currently studies with Stephen Clapp at
the Juilliard School.
Violinist Oh Wins NFMC Young Artist
Competition
A Korean violinist Oh Joo-young won the
National Federation Music Club (NFMC) Young
Artist Competition that took place on June
26-27 in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Oh was the only contestant that made it to
the finals from the strings division, and
claimed the winner's title with a unanimous
vote from the judges. Oh will receive $10,000
in award and 2 years of performance support.
There are three divisions in this
competition: voice, piano, strings, and the
competition is held every 2 years in a
different city in the U.S.
Oh, who toured Seoul, Busan and five other
Korean cities last June, is scheduled to
perform with the Czech Radio Symphony
Orchestra on June 21 and the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia next year.
Oh was born in Jinju, Korea, and received
much attention as the "morning star of the
music world." He started playing the violin
at age 5 under the tutelage of his father.
He made his debut in the U.S. when he was in
5th grade, performing at the Interlochen Arts
Camp as the winner of the concerto
competition in 1992.
He moved to the U.S. to continue his studies
with the recommendation of Professor Hyo Kang
of the Juilliard School, and is currently a
student at the Juilliard School. At the age
of fourteen, Mr. Oh became the youngest
winner of the Young Concert Artists
International Competition held in New York
City only eighteen months after coming to the
U.S.
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