Semi Hong
South Korea, 26
Semi Hong graduated with highest honors from Korea National University of Arts and won First Prize at the Gifu International String Competition and Second Prize at the Osaka International Music Competition. She made her debut through the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series. After earning her master’s degree in Leipzig, she is now continuing her studies in the Konzertexamen program at the University of Music, Würzburg.
Teachers:
Tianwa Yang 2025 – present
Hans Werner Mehling 2022 – 2024
Sung Ju Lee 2012 – 2021
Preliminaries
Sonata in E minor, K. 304 — W. A. Mozart
Sonata No. 6 in E major — E. Ysaÿe
Méditation from “Thaïs” — J. Massenet
Paganiniana Variations — N. Milstein
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18 — R. Strauss
Introduction et rondo capriccioso, Op. 28 C. Saint-Saëns
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois, Op. 2 — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 — J. Sibelius
