About this Artist
Hayang Park, a violist born in Seoul in 1998, is currently based in Europe, where she studies at Kronberg Academy in Germany. Park started playing the viola at an early age and has established herself as an accomplished musician with numerous competition wins, including the Tokyo International Viola Competition, where she won first prize in 2022.
At the age of 13, Park attended the Yewon School of Arts and received a Bachelor’s degree in 2019 from Yonsei University, studying with Sang-Jin Kim. From 2018 to 2021, she studied at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Madrid under the guidance of renowned violist Nobuko Imai, supported by a scholarship from the Fundación Albéniz. Upon graduation, she was awarded the Queen Sofía prize, given to the most outstanding student.
At 12, Hayang Park won the Concours International de musique et d’art dramatique Léopold Bellan. In 2017 she took third prize in the string section of the 15th Tokyo Music Competition and performed Hindemith’s viola concerto “Der Schwanendreher” with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. She has won numerous prizes in her native Korea, including the Chun-chu Music Competition and the Seoul National Philharmonic Competition.
Park has performed at Tokyo Suntory Hall and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan; Harmony Hall in Matsumoto, Japan, with Seiji Ozawa; Geneva’s Victoria Hall; and Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. She joined the 2023 Musicians from Marlboro North America tour, which took place in major cities such as New York (Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall), Philadelphia, Washington, and Boston.
She has performed at many international music festivals, including the Marlboro Music Festival, Verbier Festival, and the Seoul International Music Festival. She has performed chamber music with cellists Steven Isserlis and Gary Hoffman; violinists Leonidas Kavakos, Christian Tetzlaff, Antje Weithaas, Kolja Blacher, and Gidon Kremer; and violist Nobuko Imai, among others.
Since October 2021, Park has been studying at Kronberg Academy with Nobuko Imai. Her studies are funded by the Ulla Minners/Lore Buscher scholarship.