First prize for HfMT violinist

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Jieun Son recently won first prize at the renowned Kreutzer International Competition. She is currently studying in Prof. Sebastian Schmidt's violin class and is preparing for her concert exam.

Vita
Jieun Son was born in South Korea in 1998. She completed her Bachelor's degree at Seoul National University with Prof. Kyung Sun Lee. She then studied her master's degree with Prof. Sebastian Schmidt at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama. She has been continuing her concert exam since October 2023. As a soloist, she won the Elise Meyer Foundation Competition and the Siberia International Competition. She has already given concerts with the Bulgarian Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Teleradio-Moldova, the Daegu Symphony Orchestra and many others. In addition to various chamber music projects, including tour concerts in South Korea as guest second violin in the Arete String Quartet and performances at festivals such as the Gustav Mahler Academy and the Villars Music Academy Festival, she took part in the Bregenz Orchestra Festival in 2022. She received further artistic inspiration in master classes with Prof. Midori Goto, Mihaela Martin, Ik-Hwnn Bae, Kolja Blacher, Nora Chastain and Christoph Poppen. She has been an academy member of the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin since February 2024.

About the Kreutzer Competition
The 2nd edition of the International Kreutzer Music Competition took place from August 6 to 10, 2024 in the Miry Concert Hall and the Royal Conservatory of Ghent, Belgium.
The competition is open to young violinists and string chamber music groups from all over the world. There are 3 age categories in the violin section and 2 age categories in the chamber music section. In each age category, 3 prizes with a total value of 13,000 euros will be awarded, including cash prizes as well as instruments and sheet music.