Susie Park, violin
Hailed as "prodigiously talented" (Washington Post) and praised for her "freedom, mastery, and fantasy" (La Libre, Belgium), Susie Park is gaining worldwide recognition for her emotive range and dynamic stage presence. Concertizing around the world she has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, the Chamber Orchestra of the South Bay in California, all of the major Australian orchestras including those of Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Tasmania, West Australia, and Canberra, Korea's KBS orchestra, the Lille National Orchestra under the direction of Yehudi Menuhin in France, and the Wellington Sinfonia, New Zealand. Highlights of this season include performances of Mozart's Sinfonie Concertante with Jaime Laredo and the Orchestra of St. Luke's in Alice Tully Hall, New York, recitals in Jordan Hall and the Gardner Museum in Boston, a live radio recital for WGBH Boston, and appearances in venues including Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the 92nd St. Y in New York, Philadelphia's Kimmel Centre, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.
Winner of numerous awards and honours, Miss Park was a Laureate in the 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She garnered first prize in the senior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists, second prize in the junior division of the Henryk Wieniawski/Karol Lipinski Competition, first prize in the Richard Goldner Concerto Competition, the City of Sydney Reg Marsh Award for Most Outstanding String Performer, and the Ernest Llewellyn String Award. She took top honours at the national string division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Young Performer's Award and her performance with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was televised nationally, earning her the Victorian Premier's Award.
A passionate chamber musician, Ms. Park is the newly appointed violinist of the most sought-after trio in the world, the Eroica Trio. The Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio thrills audiences with flawless technical virtuosity, irresistible enthusiasm, and sensual elegance. During the 2007-2008 season, the Eroica Trio will celebrate its 20th Anniversary Season with a cross-country bus tour to coincide with the release of the Trio's eighth CD for EMI featuring all-American music, including a new arrangement of music from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" commissioned by the Eroica. Ms. Park is also in professional residency as a member of CMS Two of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She will be performing in the 2006-2007 season with such Society members as Wu Han, Gary Hoffman, and Ida Kavafian. She has participated in numerous tours with "Musicians from Marlboro" to critical acclaim as a result of her three consecutive summers in residence at the Marlboro Music Festival. Collaborations include performances with members of the Guarneri Quartet, Kim Kashkashian, Samuel Rhodes, and Jaime Laredo and her numerous festival appearances include Music from Angelfire in New Mexico, Open Chamber Music at Prussia Cove, England, the Ravinia Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Austria, and Israel's Keshet Eilon. Ms. Park is also a founding member of ECCO, a conductor-less chamber orchestra comprised of some of the most talented young chamber musicians, soloists, and principal string players in major American orchestras. Translating this diversity of experience and virtuosity into a unified ensemble approach, ECCO combines the strength and power of an orchestral ensemble with the personal, intimate nature of chamber music.
A native of Sydney, Australia, Ms. Park first picked up the violin at age three making her solo recital debut at the age of five in a Suzuki showcase. Prior to moving to the US, Ms. Park studied in the preparatory division of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She has taken master classes with Yehudi Menuhin, Pinkas Zukerman, Pamela Frank, Steven Isserlis, Menachem Pressler, and with members of the Juilliard and Emerson string quartets. Ms. Park holds her Bachelor of Music degree from Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied under the tutelage of renowned violinists Jaime Laredo and Ida Kavafian. She served as Concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony in the 2001-2002 season, and as Concertmaster of the 2002 New York String Orchestra Seminar in Carnegie Hall. She currently studies with Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried in the Artist Diploma program at the New England Conservatory.
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