Bio:
Praised by Maestro Leonard Slatkin in The Pittsburgh Press, as a "major musical personality" for her "blending of bravura technique with a logical sense of musical style," violinist Janet Sung has appeared as soloist with orchestras such as the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Aspen Chamber Symphony under David Zinman, the Pusan Philharmonic in South Korea, the National Symphonic Orchestra of Bashkortostan and the Omsk Philharmonic Orchestra in Russia, the Hartford, Delaware, Wheeling, Wyoming, Corpus Christi, Owensboro, and Adrian Symphony Orchestras, the Dubuque Symphony, the Western New York Chamber Orchestra, the Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra, and the Jupiter Symphony. Her recent performance of the Korngold Concerto has been broadcast across the U.S. on NPR's Performance Today on numerous occasions. She was also the 2003-04 Clifton Visiting Artist for the "Learning from Performers" series at Harvard University, a series that has previously invited guests such as Isaac Stern, Quincy Jones, Mark Morris, and Suzanne Farrell.
Internationally, Ms. Sung has given recitals in Lausanne, Switzerland (recorded by Radio Suisse Romande), Queenstown, New Zealand (broadcast on Radio New Zealand), and Odense, Denmark. Recital performances in the U.S. include New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicago, for the Dame Myra Hess Series, and Cleveland, to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Encore School for Strings.
Ms. Sung has been on faculty at The Juilliard School as the Starling/Delay Institute Fellow and has given master classes across the United States, including the Hartt Conservatory and Harvard University. She is also an artist/faculty member of the Mark O'Connor Fiddle Camp, the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and the Hot Springs Music Festival.
Born in New York City, Ms. Sung began violin studies at the age of seven, made her public debut the following year, and orchestral debut at age nine, performing the Mozart Concerto No. 2 with the Pittsburgh Symphony and her own cadenzas. At age ten, she began private studies with renowned violin pedagogue Josef Gingold, continuing for the next ten years, even while attending Harvard University, graduating with honors with a double degree in anthropology and music. She was later invited to study with esteemed teacher, Dorothy DeLay, at The Juilliard School on a full scholarship. Ms. Sung also studied extensively with Masao Kawasaki, David Cerone, and Eugene Phillips. She plays on a c.1600 Maggini violin.
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