| Hangszer | Violin |
Born in Germany under a musical family, Clara-Jumi Kang started violin at the age of three. Only one year later, she enrolled at Mannheim Musikhochschule as the youngest student ever accepted to study there under Valery Gradov. A year later, she went on to study with Zakhar Bron at Lübeck Musikhochschule. At the age of six, she was on the cover of german magazine ‘Die Zeit’ writing a main article featuring her. By then, she had already given her debut with Hamburg Symphony at the age of 5.
Just turning 7, she got accepted at the Juilliard School with full scholarship to study under Dorothy Delay. At such young age, Clara had already performed with orchestras such as Leipzig Gewandthaus, Hamburg Symphony, Kiel Philharmonie, Nice Philharmonie, Atlanta Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Orchestra, Korean Chamber Ensemble. At age nine, she recorded the Beethoven Triple Concerto and a solo recital program for cd label ‘TELDEC’.
Clara went on to study Bachelor and Master degree at age sixteen with Nam-Yun Kim at the Korean National University of Arts. During that period, she won top prizes at Major International Violin Competition such as Tibor Varga Violin Competition in 2007, 1st Prize at Seoul Violin Competition in 2009, 2nd Prize at Hannover Violin Competition in 2009, 1st prize at Sendai Violin Competition in 2010, and was awarded 1st prize at the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis in 2010 with additional five special prizes. Clara completed her last Studies at Munich Musikhochschule from 2011-2013 with Christoph Poppen.
Clara has established herself as a Soloist, invited to perform with orchestras such as Dresden Kapellsolisten, New Jersey Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Santa Fe Symphony, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Osaka Philharmonic, Nagoya Philharmonic, Sendai Philharmonic, Hiroshima Symphony, Kanazawa Orchestra, Taipei National Symphony, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra as well as with all the leading Korean Orchestras such as Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.
Clara currently plays on Antonio Stradivarius ‘ex-Strauss’ 1708, generously on loan by Samsung Cultural Foundation Korea since 2015.
