Corina Deng

Corina Deng started playing the violin at the age of 3 and is currently studying with Ida Kavafian at the Curtis Institute of Music. At the 4th International Tibor Varga Junior Violin Competition 2024, she won the First Prize as well as the Audience Prize, the Calma Management Prize and the Best Interpretation Prize for the compulsory piece Onde, punti, voci by Ana Sokolovie. In addition, Corina is the national winner of the 2021 MTNA competition in the USA and won first prizes at the Canadian National Music Competition in both 2014 and 2017. She made her orchestral debut at the age of 8 and her first recital at the age of 10. She has performed with the South Czech Philharmonic, the Orchestre de I' Agora Montreal, the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, the Richmond Orchestra and the Vancouver Academy Orchestra. Corina has been invited to many important events, such as the mini violin concerts of the Concours musical international de Montréal 2023, the Cleveland ChamberFest, From the Top, Stars of Tomorrow Concerts at the Heifetz Institute of Music, etc. She also received scholarships for the Perlman Music Program (2023-2025), the Morningside Music Bridge (2022) and the Heifetz Institute of Music (2019-2021). Corina enjoys playing duos with her older sister Athena Deng, other forms of chamber music, and working in the Curtis Institute of Music Orchestra.