Jaewon Wee

Born in 1999, South Korean violinist Jaewon Wee made her debut recital at the Kumho Art Center at age 11, and her solo debut with the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major at the same age.

Jaewon recently won the Third Prize and received Igor Ulitsky (Moscow, 2019) violin as a prize at the Vladimir Spivakov International Violin Competition. In May 2021, she also won the Second Prize and the Special iPalpiti Prize at the George Enescu International Competition 2020-21 in Bucharest where she performed Brahms' Violin Concerto with "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra at the Romanian Athenaeum, a capital's landmark since 1888. As a winner of the Violin Concerto Competition at Juilliard School, she performed Prokofiev's second violin concerto at Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall. Jaewon was awarded Grand Prix and first prizes in both national and international competitions, including the Juilliard Concerto Competition, KBS·KEPCO Music Competition, the Journal of Music Europe Debut Concours, the Great Mountains International Music Festival Concerto Competition, the Ishikawa International Music Award, and many others. She also won top prizes at international competitions such as George Enescu International Competition 2020-21, Menuhin International Violin Competition 2014, Tchaikovsky International Competition for young musicians, and Kloster Schöntal International Competition.

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