Juliette Kang Korngold Concerto: “Juliette Kang gave the concerto warmth, tenderness and an enigmatic beauty in her assured performance…Kang, a superb musician, locked in every note and yet gave a performance of ease and flexibility. The orchestra was buoyed by her and gave its best performance of the evening with Kang, lighting up Korngold’s jeweled hues and lush scoring.” The Akron Beacon Journal   Shostakovich Second Concerto: “Juliette Kang is an impressive violinist and a musician to the core. Hers is a very pure sound, her playing technically perfect and maturity altogether astounding. This is intense, profound playing an artist who knows how to make every note count.” Le Soleil, Québec    Schumann Concerto: “Since it more than deserves to be heard—it’s by the great Schumann after all—it was especially good to hear that Kang and the VSO plan to record it soon for CBC Records. She made a wonderful case for it, dashing off its technically difficult passages securely and imbuing the slow movement with great dignity and warm songfulness in her phrasing.” The Vancouver Sun    Canadian violinist JULIETTE KANG is celebrated on several continents for her interpretive insight, beautiful tone and astonishing technical mastery. Her engagements to date include the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National Bordeaux-Acquitaine, Orquesta Sinfonica del Estado de Mexico; Orchestra of St. Luke’s; Philadelphia and National Arts Centre Orchestras; American, Baltimore, Syracuse, Omaha, Detroit, Edmonton, Vancouver, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Toronto, Houston, Montreal, Korean Broadcasting, Singapore, Russian National and Kyushu (Japan) Symphonies; Hong Kong and Calgary Philharmonics; and Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductors with whom she has collaborated include Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Marin Alsop, Yehudi Menuhin and Keith Lockhart. She recently made her San Francisco Symphony Orchestra debut, performing Mozart Concerto #4, Saint-Saëns’ Introduction and Rondo capriccioso and the Waxman Carmen Fantasy, Michael Tilson Thomas conducting three concerts, two of which took place in Davies Symphony Hall. An especially accomplished recitalist, Ms. Kang’s invitations include New York's Carnegie Hall, Frick Collection, Rockefeller University and 92nd Street Y; Paris' Théâtre Châtelet, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, Boston's Gardner Museum, Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center, Toronto’s “Onstage at the Glenn Gould” series, as well as in Seoul, Taipei, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. In addition she has enlivened Canada’s Festival International de Lanaudiere and Festival International d’Eté; America’s Spoleto, Bravo! Colorado, Ventura, Moab and Marlboro Festivals; and France’s Colmar Festival. Born in Edmonton, Canada, Ms. Kang began her violin studies at age four. At nine she began studying with Dr. Jascha Brodsky at the Curtis Institute of Music, from which she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in 1991. In 1993 she earned her Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School, where her teachers included Dorothy Delay, Hyo Kang and Robert Mann. She came to international attention as winner of First Prize in both the Yehudi Menuhin and Indianapolis International Competitions and is also a Young Concert Artists winner. Ms. Kang’s recording debut--a recital on the Discover International label, including the premiere recording of Lutoslawski’s Subito--was issued to rapturous acclaim and followed by a recital CD recorded “live” at Carnegie Hall recital by the Nices label. On the C.B.C. label is her orchestral recording debut, Schumann and Wienawski (#2) Concertos with Sergiu Comissiona and the Vancouver Symphony. Ms. Kang has also been a member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, was assistant concertmaster of the Boston Symphony and in 2005-2006 joined the Philadelphia Orchestra as First Associate Concertmaster. Ms. Kang has been profiled in The Strad, The Indianapolis Star, The New York Times, The Globe and Mail and many other publications.   Home