THE YOUNG VIRTUOSI

Experience these incredible young talents live in the stunning setting of the NCMA! 

Having started her violin studies at the age of two, South Korean born Yeyeong Jenny Jin is the winner of many awards including the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition, 2022 Zhuhai International Violin Competition, and most recently, the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition. 

At age 9, she was admitted to the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia to study with renowned pedagogue Ida Kavafian. Currently, Jenny is enrolled at the Juilliard School, studying with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. 

Also from South Korea, 2023 Sydney International Piano Competition winner, Jeonghwan Kim will be joining Jenny on this 10-centre tour. 

Winner of a vast array of national competitions, Jeonghwan moved to Berlin at 11 years old, where he continued to earn extensive recognition. Since 2017, he has been studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in the class of Professor Konrad Maria Engel. 

A Chamber Music New Zealand concert, presented in association with the Michael Hill International Violin Competition. 

The programme for this special event: 

• Giuseppe Tartini | Devil’s Trill Sonata 

• Camille Saint-Saëns | Violin Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 75 

• Eugéne-Auguste Ysaÿe | Sonata No 5 

• Henryk Wieniawski | Polonaise de Concert Op 4 

• Béla Bartók | 3 Burlesques Op 8 

• Frédéric Chopin | Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante Op 22 

• Michael Norris | Waipounamu 

• Or, Gillian Whitehead | Bright Silence