Join us at the beautiful and spacious First Church of the Nazarene of Pasadena on January 27, 2023 at 8:00pm. We are excited to present our 2020 Young Artist Competition Winner Audrey Park playing the Violin Concerto by Johannes Brahms.
About the soloist. Praised for her “rich sound [and] excellent rhythmic drive” (violinist.com), Audrey Park currently studies at the Juilliard School under Mr. Hyo Kang, with additional instruction from Linda Rose, Almita Vamos, and Cho-Liang Lin. Audrey has appeared as a soloist with the L.A. Virtuosi Orchestra, Peninsula Symphony, among many others. Receiving accolades at numerous competitions, Audrey was the Grand Prize Winner of the Bellagrande International Music Competition and Edith Knox Performance Competition. Ms. Park was also a scholarship recipient of the Mark Zinger Foundation and a Semi-Finalist at the 2022 National Schadt Violin Competition and the 2022 Indianapolis International Violin Competition.
Having participated in various music festivals, Audrey was chosen to be one of ten student artists to be featured in the prestigious 2019 Starling-DeLay Symposium at the Juilliard School. She has also attended the Young Artist Summer Program at the Curtis Institute of Music, Domaine Forget de Charlevoix Music Festival, as well as the Montecito International and Bravo International Music Festivals under a scholarship, and was invited to participate in masterclasses by Ray Chen, Glenn Dicterow, Cho-Liang Lin, Jan Sloman, and Vadim Gluzman. Other festival performance highlights include appearances at the La Jolla Music Society Summerfest with world-class soloists Hilary Hahn, Gil Shaham, Adele Anthony, Cho-Liang Lin, and Kyoko Takezawa. When she is not performing, Audrey enjoys horseback riding and skiing.
You can enjoy a video of the recital she recorded for us on our YouTube channel, while the Orchestra were unable to play concerts during the pandemic. Made possible in part by the Pasadena Arts & Culture Commission and the City of Pasadena Cultural Affairs Division.
About the Young Artist Competition. Pasadena Community Orchestra has been promoting and providing solo performance opportunities for young instrumental artists since 1986. Each year, the winner of the competition has the opportunity to play a concerto with the Orchestra during its upcoming season, as well as receiving a cash prize of $500. Several previous competitors and winners have gone on to prestigious music schools and careers in music performance.
