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Soohyun ParkViolinist · Abel Quartet

ViolinAbel Quartet2027 Nova Lux Artist

Soohyun Park began playing the violin at the age of eight and moved to Vienna, Austria, to study the following year. A student of Professor Dora Schwarzberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), she graduated with the highest distinction from both her bachelor's and master's programmes, and now performs as both a soloist and a chamber musician as a member of the Abel Quartet

In 2016 she joined the Abel Quartet and, in the same year, won Third Prize with the ensemble at the Geneva International Music Competition. She has since played a key role in establishing the quartet as one of Korea's foremost string quartets

Her distinctively dynamic playing leads listeners into an imaginative world all her own

The Strad (UK)

Profile

EducationBegan the violin at age 8 and moved to Vienna, Austria, to study the following year → University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (mdw), Bachelor's and Master's with highest distinction
TeachersDora Schwarzberg · Chamber music: Johannes Meissl

Abel Quartet

  • 2016Third Prize, Geneva International Music Competition (Switzerland)
  • 2023Debut album “In Nomine Domini” (Haydn string quartets, Sony)
  • Sep 2024Complete Mendelssohn string quartets, IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center
  • 2025–2026Complete Beethoven string quartet cycle, IBK Chamber Hall, Seoul Arts Center (five concerts)
  • 2025Porsche Frontier Award, Music category, 3rd Seoul Culture and Arts Awards
  • Quartet in residence, Ticino Musica Festival, Lugano (Switzerland)

Soloist

  • 2012Rothschild Award, Gstaad Festival (Switzerland)
  • 2013Debut solo album on the Onyx label, including Wieniawski's Violin Concerto No. 1 – acclaimed by The Strad, BBC Music Magazine and Gramophone
  • 2016First Prize in Chamber Music (the first Korean to win) and Second Prize in Violin, both at the International Johannes Brahms Competition (Austria)
  • Fourth Prize and Prize for the Best Interpretation of a Contemporary Work, Carl Nielsen International Competition; Fourth Prize and Special Prize, Fritz Kreisler Competition; Third Prize and Special Prize, Brescia Competition
  • Invited to music festivals across Europe, including Kuhmo (Finland), Gstaad and Heidelberg

Teaching

  • PresentTeaches at Yonsei University