Seung Hee Yang

Seung Hee Yang
NationalitySouth Korean
Occupation(s)Professor, violinist
Korean name
Hangul
양승희
Hanja
梁丞希
Revised RomanizationYang Seung-hui
McCune–ReischauerYang Sŭnghŭi

Seung Hee Yang (Korean양승희; born November 17, 1969) is a South Korean violinist and academic. She is a violin professor at Chugye University for the Arts and has performed internationally.[1][2]

Born in Seoul, South Korea, she initially learned to play the piano before taking up the violin at the age of 6. She graduated from the Yewon Art School, Seoul Arts High School, and achieved the Bachelor of Music at the Seoul National University studying with Jong-sook Lee. She studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum for the Master of Music with Ruggiero Ricci in 1995, at Amsterdam Conservatory for the professional Performance certificate with Victor Liberman in 1998 and at Rutgers University for the Doctor of Musical Arts with Arnold Steinhardt in 2002.

  1. ^ Jacobson, Marion (January 23, 1991). "Korean Music And More". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. pp. b.09. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Seung Hee Yang". Atlantic Museum Festival. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved November 15, 2012.