Ji In Yang came to the U.S. in 1995 to study at the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Since then she has received recognition for her outstanding performances in and& around New York. She has had many appearances with orchestras including Bucheon Philhamonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Chuncheon Philhamonic Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and Sarah Lawrence Symphony Orchestra. She had appeared in national Television show “Art Theatre” in Korea as a guest. In 2004, she was invited by Midori to perform in Japan which was televised in NHK. In 2002, she was invited to play J.S. Bach’s Double Concerto with Cho-Liang Lin with and ISSejong at the in Tongyeong International Music Festival. Since beginning her violin studies at the age of six, she has won numerous awards and competitions including first prize at the 1991 Korean Monthly Music Magazine Competition. Having won the Concerto Competition, she performed the Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.4 with the Juilliard-Pre College Orchestra. She recently concluded her studies at the Juilliard School as a student of Hyo Kang. Ms. Yang has been a member of Sejong since 2005 and was appointed as a Samsung Foundation of Culture chair member in 2006.

Young-Ah Tak, piano