Karen Gomyo is a classical violinist.

Biography

Karen Gomyo was born in

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and grew up in

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, Canada, where she started violin lessons at 5 years old. At the age of 10, she moved to

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to study at the

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at the invitation of the legendary pedagogue

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. At 15, Gomyo won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions, launching her international career as soloist and chamber musician. Besides her work with the esteemed orchestras, venues, and colleagues around the world, Gomyo has participated in a 2014 documentary film about

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called "The Mysteries of the Supreme Violin", in which she is violinist, guide, and narrator, and which was broadcast worldwide on

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. She was also invited to perform at the First Symposium for the Victims of Terrorism held at the

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headquarters in New York in 2011. Karen Gomyo is also acclaimed for her interpretation of the Nuevo Tango music, and has worked with Astor Piazzolla’s longtime pianist and tango legend

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and his partners Hector del Curto (bandoneon), Claudio Ragazzi (electric guitar), and Pedro Giraudo (double bass).

Education

Gomyo attended the Pre-College and College divisions of the

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, the

Indiana University Jacobs School of Music The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,500 students, approximately half of whom ar ...

, and the

New England Conservatory of Music The New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) is a Private college, private music school in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the oldest independent music Music school, conservatory in the United States and among the most prestigious in the world. The ...

, where she graduated with an Artist Diploma. Her teachers and mentors have included

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Donald Weilerstein Donald Weilerstein (born 1940) is an American violinist and pedagogue. Early life and education Weilerstein was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Berkeley, California. He began playing the violin at the age of four and earned a Bachelor o ...

, and cellist

Heinrich Schiff Heinrich Schiff (18 November 1951 – 23 December 2016) was an Austrian cellist and conductor. Early life Heinrich Schiff was born on 18 November 1951 in Gmunden, Austria. His parents, Helga (née Riemann) and Helmut Schiff, were composers. He ...

References

External links

* * The Canadian Encyclopedia entry fo
Karen Gomyo
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gomyo, Karen Date of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian classical violinists New England Conservatory alumni Child classical musicians Juilliard School alumni 21st-century classical violinists Women classical violinists 1982 births 21st-century Canadian violinists and fiddlers Canadian women violinists and fiddlers