Hanna Park is a South Korean violinist, known for her expressive sound and versatile musicianship shaped by early training in both ballet and music. Hanna began playing the violin at the age of five and was soon admitted to the SAC Music Academy at the Seoul Arts Center, where she received intensive mentorship and early performance opportunities as a young artist.
She has received top prizes in major national competitions in Korea, including the 20th TBC Music Competition, Sungjung, Korea Herald, Segye Ilbo, and Kookmin Ilbo Music Competitions, earning multiple special awards. She has been named both a Kumho Young Artist and a Chosun Ilbo Young Artist, two of the highest distinctions awarded to emerging musicians in Korea.
She made her solo recital debut at Kumho Art Hall and later gave her formal recital debut at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. Earlier in her development, she appeared as a soloist at the Universal Arts Center, representing both Sunhwa Arts Middle School and Sunhwa Arts High School.
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. A recent highlight includes the world premiere of Hasidic Fantasy for Violin and Piano by Michael White at a Juilliard faculty tribute concert, as well as a featured performance at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall. She has also participated in masterclasses with renowned violinists, including Ivry Gitlis, Aaron Rosand, Rainer Küchl, Hyo Kang, Barnabás Kelemen, and Simon James.
Hanna has served as concertmaster for The Juilliard Orchestra, the orchestras of Yonsei University for four years, and the Sunhwa Arts Middle and High School Orchestras for three years each.
As concertmaster at Juilliard, her leadership has been featured in performances at Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
As a chamber musician, she is the first violinist of the Velaris String Quartet. She has worked closely with mentors including Toby Appel, David Bowlin, Ronald Copes, Nina Lee, Dmitry Kouzov, Paul Neubauer, Zvi Plesser, Curtis Stewart, Aaron Wunsch, Shai Wosner, Emerson String Quartet, and she has participated in chamber music masterclasses with Joel Krosnick and Robert McDonald.
She has performed at music festivals such as Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival in Maine, Summit Music Festival in New York, Juilliard ChamberFest, and Incheon Music Festival in Korea.
Hanna earned her bachelor’s degree from Yonsei University, studying under Hyuna Kim. She recently completed her master’s degree at The Juilliard School under Joseph Lin and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) at Stony Brook University, where she studies with Hagai Shaham.