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OLGA VOLKOVA (RUSSIA)

PAVEL MILYUKOV (RUSSIA)

YURA LEE (SOUTH KOREA)

ANTAL SZALAY (HUNGARY)

KYOKO YONEMOTO (JAPAN)

RODION PETROV (RUSSIA)

NADIR KHASHIMOV (UZBEKISTAN)

EUGEN TICHINDELEANU (ROMANIA)

IVAN POCHEKIN (RUSSIA)

SERGUEI DOGADIN (RUSSIA)

MUN KYONG JIN (NORTH KOREA)

DANIEL AUSTRICH (GERMANY)

HAIK KAZAZYAN (RUSSIA)

ALENA BAEVA (RUSSIA)

KWUN HYUK JOO (NORTH KOREA)

EKATERINA FROLOVA (RUSSIA)

JAMES LEE (GREAT BRITAIN)

LENA SEMENOVA (RUSSIA)

NADEJDA TOKAREVA (RUSSIA)

EVGUENIY SVIRIDOV (RUSSIA)

MARIANNA VASILYEVA (RUSSIA)

LYUBOV ULYBYSHEVA (RUSSIA)

ANDREY ROZENDENT (RUSSIA)

VERA LOPATINA (RUSSIA)

KSENIYA KRYAZHEVA (RUSSIA)

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KWUN HYUK JOO (NORTH KOREA)

Laureate of the 1st Prize. (The Second Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition, 2004). Foundation Scholarship holder in 2005

Born in Seoul (1985). Plays violin since the age of three; recites since 11. Studied at the Central Music School of Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory with Prof. Eduard Grach. 2001-2006 - Student of Moscow State Conservatory.

Prizewinner of the following competitions:

  • Laureate of the Second Paganini Moscow International Violin Competition (2004): 1st prize
  • Laureate of the Seventh Carl Nielsen International Violin Competition in Denmark (Odense, 2004): 1st prize, prize for the best performance of a Danish composer’s piece, and prize for young performers
  • Laureate of the Third A. I. Yamplosky International Violin Competition in Russia (Penza, 2002): grand-prix and special prize for the performance of Rondo capriccioso by Mendelssohn — Yampolsky
  • Laureate of the International Violin Competition in Germany (Kloster-Schontal, 2001): grand-prix, the EMCY prize, and additional prize for the best performance of a virtuoso piece; named one of the best violinists in South Korea (the Strad Korea magazine)
  • Laureate of the Third Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition (St. Petersburg, 1997): 2nd prize

Recited Paganini’s 24 Caprices in the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory’s Small Hall (2004). Repeated the same program in Seoul (2005). Having participated in a concert tour through Italy and Russia with the Moscoviya chamber orchestra, performed many pieces by Paganini for violin solo.

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