GRACE PARK

violin

Winner of the 2018 Naumburg International Violin Competition, Grace Park showcases her artistry as a dynamic soloist and dedicated chamber musician. Recent and future highlights include her debut in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium, performing the Barber Violin Concerto with the New York Youth Symphony; Bruch’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the MN Sinfonia in St Paul and Minneapolis; and a recital with pianist Joseph Liccardo at Merkin Hall.

Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as being “fresh, different and exhilarating” and Strings Magazine as “intensely wrought and burnished“, violinist Grace Park captivates audiences with her artistry, passion and virtuosity. Winner of the Naumburg International Violin Competition, she is one of the leading artists of her generation.

Ms. Park’s upcoming season includes her Carnegie Hall debut performing Barber's violin concerto at Stern Auditorium. She will also make recital appearances at the Schubert Club, Krannert Center, Weill Recital Hall, and Merkin Concert Hall, and giving her Mexico debut with the Mexico City Philharmonic.

This past year, Ms. Park recorded her first solo album with the Prague Philharmonia and their music director, Emmanuel Villaume, which will include concertos and solo works of Mozart and Dvorak. It is set to be released in the fall of 2022.

Ms. Park has appeared as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Canada at venues such as Walt Disney Hall, The Kennedy Center,  The Rudolfinum in Prague, Schubert Club, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Jordan Hall. She has performed and participated in festivals such as Music @ Menlo, IMS Prussia Cove, Festival Mozaic, Yellowbarn, and Perlman Music Program, where she has performed with many of today's celebrated artists.

A devoted and passionate educator, Ms. Park is an alumnus of Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect and has taught masterclasses and coached at Conservatorio de Musica de Cartagena, Mannes School of Music, Festival Mozaic, Arkansas University, Washington and Lee University, North Dakota State University, and Skidmore College.

As a native to Los Angeles, California, Ms. Park began violin at the age of 5 where she trained at the Colburn School of Music. She continued her studies at Colburn Conservatory and New England Conservatory for her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. Principle teachers are Donald Weilerstein, Miriam Fried, Sylvia Rosenberg, and Robert Lipsett. She now resides in New York City.

Ms. Park plays on a 1717 Andreas Guarneri generously on loan from an anonymous patron.