South Korean violinist Hanna Park made her solo debut at Seoul’s Universal Arts Center at an early age and has since won top prizes at major national competitions in Korea, including the 20th TBC Music Competition, Sungjung, Korea Herald, Segye Ilbo, and Kookmin Ilbo Music Competitions, receiving multiple special awards. She was also named a Kumho Young Artist and a Chosun Ilbo Young Artist, two of Korea’s distinguished honors for emerging musicians.
She made her solo recital debut at Kumho Art Hall and later gave a recital at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. She has appeared as a soloist with the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, Gyeongbuk Symphony Orchestra, Yonsei Sinfonietta, Sunhwa Symphony Orchestra, Sunhwa Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Salzburger Orchestra in Austria. She gave the world premiere of Michael White’s Hasidic Fantasy for Violin and Piano at a Juilliard faculty tribute concert and has appeared at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.
Park has served as concertmaster of The Juilliard Orchestra, the Yonsei University Orchestra, and the Sunhwa Arts Middle and High School Orchestras. As concertmaster of The Juilliard Orchestra, she has led performances at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage and Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
An active chamber musician, Park has appeared at festivals and programs including Music@Menlo’s International Program, Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, Summit Music Festival, Juilliard ChamberFest, and Incheon Music Festival. She is the first violinist of Velaris Quartet, which was named a winner of the Ackerman Honors Chamber Competition at the Emerson String Quartet Institute.
Park earned her bachelor’s degree from Yonsei University, where she studied with Hyuna Kim, and her master’s degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Joseph Lin. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University under Hagai Shaham and Arnaud Sussmann. She is also a fellow of the Emerson String Quartet Institute, where she studies chamber music with members of the Emerson String Quartet.