# In Mo Yang > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Mo_Yang > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/In_Mo_Yang.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Mo_Yang > Source revision: 1342477041 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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
[Korean National University of Arts](/source/Korean_National_University_of_Arts)
[New England Conservatory](/source/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.{{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}} He is the first prize winner of the 54th edition of the [International Paganini Competition](/source/Paganini_Competition) in [Genoa, Italy](/source/Genoa) in 2015 and the first prize winner of the [Sibelius Competition](/source/International_Jean_Sibelius_Violin_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](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin_International_Competition_for_Young_Violinists) in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas).{{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}} In April 2016, he had made a debut at [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall) at the [Weill Recital Hall](/source/Weill_Recital_Hall) with the [Danish National Symphony](/source/Danish_National_Symphony_Orchestra) conducted by [Fabio Luisi](/source/Fabio_Luisi).{{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}} == 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](/source/Seoul), following that with a debut with the [KBS Symphony Orchestra](/source/KBS_Symphony_Orchestra) at the age of 15. In Mo graduated from the [Korean National Institute for the Gifted in Arts](/source/Korean_National_Institute_for_the_Gifted_in_Arts) in February 2011 having then been admitted into the [Korean National University of Arts](/source/Korea_National_University_of_Arts) as a prodigy in music. In Mo is also a graduate of the [New England Conservatory](/source/New_England_Conservatory_of_Music), where he studied with [Miriam Fried](/source/Miriam_Fried) and pursued a Bachelor of Music degree.{{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}} He is currently pursuing a master's degree with [Antje Weithaas](/source/Antje_Weithaas) at the [Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler"](/source/Hochschule_f%C3%BCr_Musik_Hanns_Eisler_Berlin) in Berlin. In Mo has performed with the [NDR Radiophilharmonie](/source/NDR_Radiophilharmonie), [Russian Symphony Orchestra](/source/Russian_Symphony_Orchestra_Society), [Brazilian Symphony Orchestra](/source/Brazilian_Symphony_Orchestra), [Austin Symphony Orchestra](/source/Austin_Symphony_Orchestra), [Boston Classical Orchestra](/source/Boston_Classical_Orchestra), [Longwood Symphony Orchestra](/source/Longwood_Symphony_Orchestra), Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Central Aichi Symphony Orchestra, [Danish National Symphony](/source/Danish_National_Symphony_Orchestra), [KBS Symphony Orchestra](/source/KBS_Symphony_Orchestra) and the Korean Symphony Orchestra. As of July 2021, In Mo currently plays on the {{circa|1718}} "Bostonian" [Antonio Stradivari](/source/Antonio_Stradivari)us violin loaned to him by a private donor. Yang has also played on a {{circa|1690}} violin by [Giovanni Tononi](/source/Giovanni_Tononi_(luthier)), a 1705/1706 Antonio Stradivarius and the [Il Cannone](/source/Il_Cannone_Guarnerius) by [Guarneri 'Del Gesu'](/source/Giuseppe_Guarneri) once owned by the famed [Niccolò Paganini](/source/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini).{{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}} == Awards and appearances == * 2012: Fourth prize, [International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition](/source/International_Joseph_Joachim_Violin_Competition){{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}} * 2013: Top honors, [Munetsugu Angel Violin Competition](/source/Munetsugu_Angel_Violin_Competition) * 2014: Second prize winner, Senior Division, [Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists](/source/Yehudi_Menuhin_International_Competition_for_Young_Violinists) * 2014: First prize winner, [CAG Victor Elmaleh Competition](/source/CAG_Victor_Elmaleh_Competition) * 2015: First prize winner, [International Paganini Competition](/source/Paganini_Competition) * 2016: [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall) debut at [Weill Recital Hall](/source/Weill_Recital_Hall) * 2022: First prize winner, [International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition](/source/International_Jean_Sibelius_Violin_Competition){{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}} == References == == External links == * [https://www.inmoyang.com Official Website] {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, In Mo}} Category:Living people Category:1995 births Category:New England Conservatory alumni Category:Male classical violinists Category:21st-century South Korean classical violinists Category:21st-century South Korean male musicians Category:Paganini Competition prize-winners --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [In Mo Yang](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Mo_Yang) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Mo_Yang?action=history)). 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