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Clara-Jumi Kang
Clara-Jumi Kang (, born in Mannheim, Germany on 10 June 1987) is a Koreans_in_Germany, South Korean-German Classical_music, classical violinist. She won the Indianapolis International Violin Competition in 2010 with five additional prizes. Korean newspaper The Dong-a Ilbo, ''Dong-A Times'' listed her among Korea's one hundred ''"most inspiring and influential people"'' in 2012. She was named the ''Kumho Art Hall, Kumho Musician of the Year'' in 2013. Childhood and education Kang's parents are famous Korean opera singing, singers: her father is Richard Wagner, Wagnerian bass (voice type), bass Philp Kang, and her mother is soprano Han Min-hee. Clara-Jumi Kang started playing the violin aged three. A year later she became the youngest student ever to enter the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Mannheim, Mannheim Musikhochschule, where she studied under Valery Gradov, who had also taught Frank Peter Zimmermann. When Kang was five she moved to Lübeck to study under Profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kang (Korean Surname)
Kang is a Korean family name. All together, the holders of this name number are 1,176,847 in South Korea, according to the 2015 national census, ranking 6th largest Korean family name.; While the name "Kang" can actually represent any of the 5 different hanja, or Chinese characters, the great majority (more than 1 million) bear the surname 姜. The Chinese surname Jiāng also shares the same 姜 character. Clans Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 姜 include the clans of Jinju and Geumcheon seat. The majority belong to the Jinju Kang clan ( ko) (Hangul: 진주 강씨; Hanja: 晉州 姜氏) is said to be descended from Goguryeo commander Kang Isik. The Gumcheon Kang clan ( ko) (Hangul: 금천 강씨; Hanja: 衿川 姜氏) is descended from an ancestors whose ancestral seat was Geumcheon, now part of Seoul. Clans whose surname uses the Hanja character 康 include Sincheon ( ko) and Youngkang/Yeonggang ( ko). The Sincheon Kang clan is further subdivided into Goksan ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |