Wonhyee Bae, Violin

Biography

Described as a violinist with ‘uncommon musicianship, immaculate bowing, and impeccable intonation!’ -the Strad, August 2006, Wonhee Bae is an international performer consistently receiving critical praise and commanding a budding international reputation. She recently appeared as soloist for the opening concert of International Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Großer Saal, Salzburg, also with the Jora Filharmonica di Bacau in a tour of Italy and with the Korean Chamber Orchestra in the Seoul Arts Center. She has also recently appeared in recital at the National Gallery in London, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at the Zanussi Center in Pordenone, Italy, and at the Palazzo Mazziotti in the Caserta Music Festival.

She has also performed as soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, Vogtland Philharmonie, Orchestra Filarmonica di Constantinescu di Ploiesti, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Stanislavski Danchenko Theater Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic. In recital she has performed in the Großer Saal of the Mozarteum in Salzburg as part of the Salzburg Festspiele, Baden-Baden Philharmonie Hall, on the Kumho Prodigy series, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bing Theater, and at the Sejong Arts Center.

Her performances have been heard frequently on radio broadcasts in Europe, Asia, and the United States on WQXR FM in New York, KMZT and KCSN in Los Angeles, Radio Suisse Romande, MDR Figaro Rundfunk Germany, ORF-1 in Austria, and the Sunday Showcase on WHYY in Philadelphia. She has also appeared in television broadcasts on Okayama station in Japan, the KBS and EBS networks in Korea, and ORF in Austria.

Ms. Bae is the first prize-winner of the 26th Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy and a top prize-winner of many major international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, International Mozarteum Sommerakademie Preisträger, the Markneukirchen International Competition in Germany, and the Johansen International Competition in Washington D.C.

An active chamber musician, she has performed at numerous venues internationally including the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and the Martinue Hall in Prague. She has attended prestigious music festivals such as the IMAS festival in Switzerland under Maestro Seiji Ozawa, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany, and the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute for Young Artists in Chicago, Illinois. In 2010 Wonhee has been selected for the LSO (London Symphony Orchestra) String Experience Scheme.

She is currently studying in the Royal College of Music, London with Dr.Felix Andrievsky as an Associated Board Royal Schools of Music Scholar.