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Clara-Jumi Kang

Violin

  • Born to Korean parents and raised in Germany, Clara-Jumi Kang is internationally renowned for her musicality and virtuosity. Throughout her career she has received many awards and accolades including 1st prize at the Indianapolis International Violin Competition, Sendai Violin Competition and the Seoul Violin Competition.

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  • Upcoming highlights include festival appearances at the BBC Proms, returning following her debut in 2022 to perform the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante alongside Timothy Ridout, at the Hollywood Bowl alongside the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the second consecutive season, as well as her debut at the Salzburg Festival under Andrew Manze.


    Later in the season she returns to the Israel Philharmonic for the third time since her debut in September 2023, to the Seoul Philharmonic for concerts in Lotte Concert Hall as well as on their domestic tour alongside Music Director Jaap van Zweden, before debuts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Ottawa, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Utah Symphony Orchestra, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra. She will also perform a recital tour across Korea, culminating at Seoul Arts Center, and make her recital debuts at the Boulez Saal in Berlin and the Hong Kong City Hall, and perform solo recitals in Rome and Torino.


    Other recent highlights include performances with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic at the Isarphilharmonie and on tour to Korea alongside Myun-whun Chung, the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Lahav Shani, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony, NHK Symphony Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony.


    Since making her concerto debut with Hamburg Symphony at the age of five, Kang has regularly worked with leading conductors including P Järvi, Xavier-Roth, Denève, V Petrenko, Yamada, Ollikainen, Bancroft, Mena, Shani, T Fischer, Dutoit, Reif, Bihlmaier, Edusei and Long Yu. She was selected as one of the top 100 “Most promising and influential people of Korea” in 2012 by major Korean newspaper Dong-A Times and was awarded the Daewon Music Award (2012) for her outstanding international achievements as well as Kumho Musician of the Year (2015).


    Clara-Jumi Kang has made two recordings for Decca: “Modern Solo” featuring works including Schubert’s “Last Rose”, “Erlkönig” and Ysaÿe Sonatas, and a Brahms/Schumann album with Yeol-Eum Son. Her cycle of Beethoven Violin Sonatas with pianist Sunwook Kim was released on Accentus last season to outstanding reviews and nominations. A devoted chamber musician, she regularly visits chamber music festivals and collaborates with renowned musicians including Janine Jansen, Gidon Kremer and Mischa Maisky.


    Born in Germany to a musical family, Clara-Jumi Kang took up the violin at the age of three and a year later enrolled as the youngest ever student at the Mannheim Musikhochschule. She went on to study with Zakhar Bron at the Lübeck Musikhochschule and at the age of seven was awarded a full scholarship to the Julliard School to study with Dorothy Delay. Having received musical guidance from Barenboim starting from the age of 11, she was then invited to perform with him and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra aged 12. She took her Bachelor and Masters degrees at the Korean National University of Arts under Nam-Yun Kim before completing her studies at the Munich Musikhochschule with Christoph Poppen.


    Clara-Jumi Kang plays on the 1702 "Thunis" Stradivarius.

    2024-25 season / 579 words. Not to be altered without permission.

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Concerto repertoire

Adams
Scheherazade.2

Bach
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1041
Double Violin Concerto in D minor,  BWV 1043
Concerto in C minor for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060


Barber
Violin Concerto, Op.14


Bartók
Violin Concerto No.1, BB 48a
Violin Concerto No.2, BB117

Beethoven
Violin Concerto
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.1 in G major, Op.40
Romance for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in F major, Op.50
Triple Concerto in C major, Op.56 


Berg
Violin Concerto

Bernstein
Serenade (after Plato's 'Symposium')


Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op.102

Britten
Violin Concerto, Op.15


Bruch
Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.26
Violin Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.44
Scottish Fantasy
Double Concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E minor, Op.88


Chausson
Poème (for Violin and Orchestra) Op.25


Dvořák
Violin Concerto


Elgar 
Violin Concerto


Glazunov
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82


Khachaturian
Violin Concerto 


Korngold
Violin Concerto

Lalo
Symphonie Espagnole


Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in D minor 
Violin Concerto in E minor
Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra


Mozart
Violin Concerto no.1 in B-flat major K.207
Violin Concerto no.2 in D major K.211
Violin Concerto No.3 in G major, K.216 
Violin Concerto No.4 in D major, K.218
Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin & Viola 


Nielsen
Violin Concerto

Paganini 
Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major
Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor

Arvo Pärt
Tabula Rasa

Piazzolla
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Desyatnikov)

Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No.1
Violin Concerto No.2


Saint-Saëns
Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor

Schnittke
Concerto Grosso No.1


Schumann
Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 23


Shostakovich
Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77


Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Strauss 
Violin Concerto

Stravinsky
Violin Concerto


Szymanowski
Violin Concerto No.1
Violin Concerto No.2


Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending

Vieuxtemps
Violin Concerto No.4
Violin Concerto No.5


Vivaldi
The Four Seasons

Walton
Violin Concerto


Wieniawski
Violin Concerto No.1
Violin Concerto No.2 


Isang Yun
Violin Concerto no.3 (1992)

"A true display of virtuosity."
★★★★★

Bachtrack

"A staggeringly talented performer"

The Scotsman

'Clara-Jumi Kang’s playing has constant poise… She is as ready to caress as to attack.'

The Strad

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Bridget Emmerson
Deputy Chief Executive / Head of Artist Management
+44 20 7608 9916
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Nicola Friemel
Senior Artist Manager (German-speaking territories)
+44 20 7608 9941
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Daniel Cummings
Associate Artist Manager
+44 20 7608 9943
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All artists

Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Jess Gillam

Contralto

Avery Amereau