Duo Recital

Duo Recital

Duo Recital of Violin and Soprano of two accomplished South Korean musicians trained at Seoul National University, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and New England Conservatory

JSOM DUO Program: Latina y Española Vīlla

H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Suite for Voice and Violin
i. A menina e a canção

A. Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Oblivion

F. Obradors (1897-1945)
Canciones Clásicas Españolas
Al Amor
Del Cabello más sutil
Chiquitita la novia

P. Sarasate (1844-1908)
Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25

H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
opera ‘Floresta do Amazonas’
Melodia Sentimental

H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
Bachianas Brasileiras
No. 5 Aria

JSOM DUO: Artists
Ahyoung Jeong, Soprano
Ahyoung Jeong is a soprano from Seoul, Korea. She earned her Bachelor
of Music degree from Seoul National University, a Master of Music degree
from New England Conservatory, and a Doctor of Music degree from
Indiana University. Her competition awards include first place in the
National Association of Teachers of Singing(NATS) New England Regional,
second place in the NATS Indiana Regional, third place in the NATS
National Round, Audience prize in the Grand Stage International(GSI)
competition, and Encourage prize in the Vienna Music Festival. Jeong has
performed roles including Susanna in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro at
Mozarteum Salzburg, Austria, Zerlina in Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Prague
Estates Theater, Morgana in the Emerald City Opera production of
Händel’s Alcina, and Papagena in the New England Conservatory
production of Mozart’s Magic Flute, Musetta in the Seoul National
University’s production of Puccini’s La Bohème. As a concert singer, Jeong
has sung soprano solo of Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 at Lotte Concert Hall in
Seoul Korea with W Philharmonic Orchestra, Mozart’s Requiem, and Bach
cantatas with Bloomington Chamber Singers, in Korea, and US. She also
had her solo recitals in Sejong Arts Center, Geumho Arts Center, Kyunggi
Arts Center, and Suncheon Korean Artsong Festival in Korea, and Duo
recital in Berlin, Germany. Currently, Ahyoung actively performs as a
soprano soloist and teaching as a lecturer at Kookmin University, Sejong
University, Sungshin Women’s University, Andong National University, and
Kyeongseong University in Korea.

Junghyun Park, violín
Junghyun Park began playing the violin at the age of four. Since then, she
has won the grand prize in the Korea Music Competition and began her
musical studies in the pre-college division of the Korea National Institute for
the Gifted in Arts at the age of ten. She continued her studies at Seoul Arts
High School and went on to earn her Bachelor of Music degree from Seoul
National University under one of Korea’s most accomplished violinists,
Kyungsun Lee. Ms. Park received the Artist Diploma at the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music. She worked with internationally
renowned violin pedagogue and distinguished professor Mauricio Fuks and
served as his teaching assistant during her Artist Diploma studies.

Junghyun has served as concertmaster and principal violin in the Indiana
University Orchestra and Indiana Chamber Orchestra. She has gone on to
win numerous competitions, including the Gold International Classical
Music Competition (GICMC), 2024 WOMCO Classical Musicians Awards,
the Korea-Germany Brahms Association Concourse, Se-gye Times Music
Competition, Korea Herald Music Competition, Seoul Philharmonic
Competition, and CBS Music Competition. Her solo, chamber, and
orchestral performances have taken her to venues such as the Musikverein
Golden Hall in Vienna, Bratislava Radio Hall in Slovakia, and the Concert
Hall and IBK Chamber Hall in the Seoul Arts Center in Korea, the Conrad
Prebys Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Concert Hall in U.S. as well as
stages across Canada, Germany, and France. She is currently the music
director of Classical Music Ensemble HYUN, and as a concertmaster and a
recitalist, she performs regularly at various venues.

Marie-Elise Boyer, piano