SoHui Yun, viola
Violist SoHui Yun performs as a soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Asia, and Europe. She won First Prize at the 2022 Washington International Competition. Her other honors include the Special Prize at the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, the Grand Prize at the Sungjung Music Competition, First Prize at the Dong-A Music Competition, and First Prize at the Music Journal Competition. She is also the recipient of the Music Journal Young Artist Award.
Recent engagements include solo recitals in Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Seoul, and a concerto appearance with the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra at the Staller Center for the Arts following her win at the Stony Brook University Concerto Competition. In Korea, she has presented recitals at venues including Seoul Arts Center, Kumho Art Hall, TLI Art Center, Ilshin Hall, Elim Art Center, and KNUA Hall.
An active chamber musician, Yun has collaborated with artists including Miriam Fried, Tabea Zimmermann, Kim Kashkashian, Marcy Rosen, and Steven Isserlis. She has participated in festivals such as Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Music@Menlo, Taos School of Music, Perlman Music Program, Chamber Music Connects the World in Kronberg, Lucerne
Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Tongyeong International Music Festival, and the PyeongChang Music Festival. She has served as a Faculty Artist at the Anchorage Chamber Music Festival and returns to SPIRITUS Festival this season.
Yun is a member of the Hesper Quartet, which has received prizes at the Lyon International String Quartet Competition, the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, and the Chesapeake Chamber Music Competition, and has appeared at festivals including La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival, and the Villecroze Academy.
Born on Jeju Island, South Korea, Yun entered the Korea National University of Arts as a gifted young artist while still in high school and graduated with highest honors. She later studied at the New England Conservatory with Dimitri Murrath and at the Curtis Institute of Music with Roberto Díaz, and completed an Artist Diploma in Chamber Music at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Yun is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Stony Brook University, where she previously served as a teaching assistant in the viola studio. Since 2025, she has been on the faculty of Korea National University of Arts.