{{Short description|South Korean violinist (born 1995)}} {{Family name hatnote|Yang|lang=Korean}} {{Infobox person | name = In Mo Yang | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|07|26|df=y}} | alma_mater = Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Arts<br/>Korean National University of Arts<br/>New England Conservatory | occupation = violinist }} thumb|right | Yang at Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. '''In Mo Yang''' ({{Korean|hangul=양인모}}; born July 26, 1995), also known as '''Inmo Yang''', is a South Korean violinist.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=Channel|first=The Violin|date=2021-07-26|title=ON THIS DAY {{!}} Today is VC Young Artist Inmo Yang's 26th Birthday!|url=https://www.theviolinchannel.com/violinist-inmo-yang-birthday-born-on-this-day-1995/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US}}</ref> He is the first prize winner of the 54th edition of the International Paganini Competition in Genoa, Italy in 2015 and the first prize winner of the Sibelius Competition in Helsinki, Finland in 2022. He is also the second prize winner in the senior division of the 2014 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in Austin, Texas.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-04-14|title=In Mo Yang – New Violin Virtuoso|url=https://www.mooredaleconcerts.com/event/in-mo-yang-new-violin-virtuoso/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Mooredale Concerts|language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2016, he had made a debut at Carnegie Hall at the Weill Recital Hall with the Danish National Symphony conducted by Fabio Luisi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Philharmonic|first=Boston|title=In Mo Yang|url=https://www.bostonphil.org/about/in-mo-yang|access-date=2020-07-24|website=www.bostonphil.org|language=en}}</ref>

== Biography == In Mo Yang was born into a Korean family in 1995 having debuted a recital at age 11 on the Ewon Prodigy Series in Seoul, Korea, following that with a debut with the KBS Symphony Orchestra at the age of 15.<ref name=":1" /> In Mo graduated from the Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Arts in February 2011 having then been admitted into the Korean National University of Arts as a prodigy in music.<ref name=":1" /> In Mo is also a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied with Miriam Fried and pursued a Bachelor of Music degree.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-01|title=VC YOUNG ARTIST {{!}} Inmo Yang, 24 – Paganini International Violin Competition 1st Prize Winner|url=https://theviolinchannel.com/vc-young-artist-in-mo-yang-violinist/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009.|language=en-US}}</ref> He is currently pursuing a master's degree with Antje Weithaas at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in Berlin.

In Mo has performed with the NDR Radiophilharmonie, Russian Symphony Orchestra, Brazilian Symphony Orchestra, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Boston Classical Orchestra, Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony, KBS Symphony Orchestra and the Korean Symphony Orchestra.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

As of July 2021, In Mo currently plays on the {{circa|1718}} "Bostonian" Antonio Stradivarius violin loaned to him by a private donor.<ref name=":3" /> Yang has also played on a {{circa|1690}} violin by Giovanni Tononi,<ref name=":0" /> a 1705/1706 Antonio Stradivarius and the Il Cannone by Guarneri 'Del Gesu' once owned by the famed Niccolò Paganini.<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8nkfIGRO8|title=In Mo Yang – Cantabile MS109 (Paganini) – Genoa, 2 October 2015|website=YouTube|accessdate=2020-07-24}}</ref>

== Awards and appearances ==

* 2012: Fourth prize, International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prize Winners|url=https://www.jjv-hannover.de/en/competition/prizewinner/all-jjv-prizewinners|access-date=2021-02-02|website=JJV Hannover|language=en|archive-date=2021-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305201205/https://www.jjv-hannover.de/en/competition/prizewinner/all-jjv-prizewinners|url-status=dead}}</ref> * 2013: Top honors, Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition * 2014: Second prize winner, Senior Division, Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists<ref name=":0" /> * 2014: First prize winner, CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition<ref name=":0" /> * 2015: First prize winner, International Paganini Competition<ref name=":0" /> * 2016: Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall<ref name=":1" /> * 2022: First prize winner, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition<ref>{{Cite web|title=Inmo Yang wins the XII International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition|url=https://www.sibeliuscompetition.fi/en/news/inmo-yang-wins-the-xii-international-jean-sibelius-violin-competition.html |access-date=2022-05-30|website=SibeliusCompetion|language=en}}</ref>

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== External links == * [https://www.inmoyang.com Official Website]

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