Zia Hyunsu Shin (born July 16, 1987) is a South Korean violinist. Shin was born in

Jeonju Jeonju () is the 16th largest city in South Korea and the capital of North Jeolla Province. It is both urban and rural due to the closeness of Wanju County which almost entirely surrounds Jeonju (Wanju County has many residents who work in Jeonj ...

, and studies at the

Korea National University of Arts Korea National University of Arts is a national university in Seoul, South Korea. Korea National University of Arts was established in 1993 by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea as the only national university of arts with an a ...

. She plays a

Guadagnini Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. Reprint with new introduction by Stewart Pol ...

, which is on loan from the Kumho Asiana Foundation. She won the first great prize of Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in 2008. She made her professional debut in 2009, playing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C under Ivan Fischer. She won the third prize in the finale of the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. She was previously known just as Hyun-Soo Shin (her birth name, with the given name written first as in European practice), but in 2013 she added the name Zia because she found that people in other countries often mispronounced the name Hyun-Soo, or assumed she was a man because they did not know whether the name was masculine or feminine.

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Fondation Long-Thibaud Crespin, Violinists Laureates of 2008: Hyun-Su ShinAspen Artist: Hyun-Su Shin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shin, Zia Hyunsu 1987 births Living people International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition prize-winners Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition prize-winners People from Jeonju South Korean classical violinists 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists Prize-winners of the Queen Elisabeth Competition Korea National University of Arts alumni