# Ignace Jang

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'''Ignace Jang''' (born 1969) is a South Korean and French [violin](/source/violin)ist and is a grand and jury prize recipient. He is concertmaster of the [Hawaii Symphony](/source/Hawaii_Symphony) and teaches at the [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa).

==Background==
Jang was born to South Korean parents in [Grenoble](/source/Grenoble)<ref>{{cite book|url= https://archive.org/details/musiciansfromdif00mari|url-access= registration|quote= ignace jang.|authorlink1=Mari Yoshihara|author=Mari Yoshihara|title=Musicians from a Different Shore: Asians and Asian Americans in Classical Music|publisher=[Temple University](/source/Temple_University)|year=2007|page=[https://archive.org/details/musiciansfromdif00mari/page/80 80]|isbn=978-1-59213-332-1}}</ref> where by the age of five he began his first violin lessons with [Flora Elphege](/source/Flora_Elphege) and then continued it with [Gerard Poulet](/source/Gerard_Poulet) at the [Conservatoire de Paris](/source/Conservatoire_de_Paris).<ref name=hawaii>{{cite web|url=http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/faculty/Jang.htm |title=Ignace Jang |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203091125/http://www.hawaii.edu/uhmmusic/faculty/Jang.htm |archive-date=February 3, 2014 |access-date=January 19, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was fascinated with [Detroit](/source/Detroit) and Argentinian music especially [Astor Piazzolla](/source/Astor_Piazzolla) and his [tango](/source/tango)s. Currently he is a [concertmaster](/source/concertmaster) of both the [Britt Festival](/source/Britt_Festival) and the [Hawaii Symphony Orchestra](/source/Hawaii_Symphony_Orchestra) as well as a teacher at the [University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa](/source/University_of_Hawai%CA%BBi_at_M%C4%81noa). In 1989 he became a prize winner at both the [Rodolfo Lipizer](/source/Rodolfo_Lipizer_International_Violin_Competition) and [Lions Club](/source/Lions_Club)'s violin competitions and [Eastern Music Festival](/source/Eastern_Music_Festival). He also was a participant of various festivals such in such places as [Berlioz](/source/Berlioz), [Chirens](/source/Chirens) and [Colorado Music Festival](/source/Colorado_Music_Festival). He played in various [orchestra](/source/orchestra)s including [Théâtre des Champs-Élysées](/source/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es) and at the [Sejong Center](/source/Sejong_Center) where he performed before the [First Lady of South Korea](/source/First_Lady_of_South_Korea). He also was a guest soloist with the [Hawaii Symphony](/source/Hawaii_Symphony) under the [Samuel Wong](/source/Samuel_Wong)'s baton and [Colorado Symphony](/source/Colorado_Symphony) which was under [Marin Alsop](/source/Marin_Alsop). Besides South Korea and France, he traveled everywhere in Asia and Europe and even participated at the [1992 Winter Olympics](/source/1992_Winter_Olympics) Music Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alohapianofestival.com/cms/index.php?page=ignace-jang|title=Ignace (Iggy) Jang|publisher=[Aloha International Piano Festival](/source/Aloha_International_Piano_Festival)|accessdate=January 19, 2013|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201230629/http://alohapianofestival.com/cms/index.php?page=ignace-jang|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 1991 he became a member of the Equinox duo.<ref name=hawaii/>

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