Soyoung Yoon

In this Korean name, the family name is Yoon.

Soyoung Yoon (Korean: 윤소영; born October 28, 1984) is a South Korean violinist. She was born in Seoul, South Korea. She started playing the violin at the age of five. She plays on a 1773 ex-Bückeburg J.B. Guadagnini violin.

Soyoung Yoon
14th International Violin Competition H. Wieniawski. Soyoung Yoon - violin, Marek Pijarowski - conductor.
Born	(1984-10-28) October 28, 1984 (age 40) Seoul
Nationality	South Korean
Occupation	Violinist
Korean name
Hangul	윤소영
Hanja	尹昭泳[1]
Revised Romanization	Yun Soyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Yun Soyŏng

Yoon attended Yewon Middle School for Arts, Seoul Arts High School, Korea National University of Arts, Cologne University of Music, and Zurich University of the Arts, where she studied under Zakhar Bron.

Awards

• First prize, Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 2011^[2]
• First prize, Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, 2002
• First prize, Cologne International Music Competition, 2003
• Winner, Tibor Varga International Competition, 2005
• First prize, David Oistrakh International Violin Competition, Odesa, Ukraine, 2006
• Sixth prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition, 2009
• Silver medal, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, 2010^[3]