Jinyoung Yoon, violin (Seoul, South Korea), started playing the violin at the age of five and attended Yewon Middle School of Music. While studying with Joseph Kim and Boksu Kim, Jinyoung won the grand prize in the Music Education Newspaper Competition and first prize in the Baroque Competition in Korea. In 2010, she was selected to perform in the Kumho Prodigy recital series. Jinyoung has performed with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by MyungWhun Chung. In 2012, she was accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College program, where she won the Pre-College Assemble Competition. She has attended Great Mountains International Music Festival, and Sejong International Festival. She is currently a student of Elissa Koljonen. Past Yellow Barn Young Artists Program participant (Summer 2015).