Ji-Hae Park (born in Germany) is a German-born Korean violinist.

Biography

Park received her first violin lessons from her mother, Lee Yeun-Hong, when she was five years old. At age 14, she performed as soloist with the Mainz Chamber Orchestra. In 2001 and 2002, she was awarded a first prize at the German national music competition for children and young adults, both as a solo and chamber musician. In 2003, she became a student of

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at the Karlsruhe University of Music and received a scholarship. In the same year, she was awarded a second prize and two special prizes at the „Remember Enescu“ violin competition in Romania. Starting in 2007, she studied with Jaime Laredo at the Indiana University Bloomington. In 2011, Park gave a recital at

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's Zankel Hall. In 2013, she spoke about the role of music for her mental health ad a

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in Long Beach. In the same year, Park recorded an album with Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" and other works from the baroque era in a rock music style for

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. In 2015, Decca published an album with

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violin sonatas. She lives in Korea and has published a number of albmums with Christian music based on several performances in churches. In 2012, Park appeared on the Korean TV show “

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”. For several years, Park played a Guarneri violin from 1735, a loan from the

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. In her free time, she is interested in ice hockey and was an honorary ambassador for the

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Pyeongchang Pyeongchang (; in full, ''Pyeongchang-gun'' ; ) is a county in the province of Gangwon-do, South Korea, located in the Taebaek Mountains region. It is home to several Buddhist temples, including Woljeongsa. It is about east southeast of Seou ...

.Ho, Jee
“Actors, musicians named honorary ambassadors for PyeongChang 2018”
“Yonhapnews Agency”, November 6, 2017, retrieved November 8, 2017 She again became an honorary ambassador for the 2012 World Expo in Yeosu.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Park, Ji-Hae 1985 births Living people South Korean violinists South Korean women violinists German people of South Korean descent 21st-century violinists