Kim Seohyun Wins Tibor Varga Violin Competition Title

Junior Jury Award and Best Interpretation Award for Commissioned Piece

Violinist Kim Seohyun topped the Tibor Varga International Violin Competition held in Switzerland on the 2nd (local time). According to the Kumho Cultural Foundation on the 3rd, she advanced to the finals as the youngest participant, secured first place, and simultaneously won the Junior Jury Prize and the Best Interpretation of the Commissioned Piece Award. Kim Seohyun was born in October 2008 and is fourteen years old.

The Tibor Varga International Violin Competition was established in 1967 to discover talented musicians and provide them with broad experience. This year, 149 applicants submitted preliminary video auditions, and twenty-four advanced to the finals.

Kim Seohyun is a gifted student who entered Yewon School as the top-ranked student. She studies under Lee Seon-yi at the Seoul Central Music Academy. She debuted in 2020 through the Kumho Young Artist Concert and has gained extensive experience performing with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Canton Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeonju Philharmonic Orchestra, and Mokpo Philharmonic Orchestra. Last year, she gained international attention by winning the Thomas and Yvonne Cooper International Competition as the youngest winner. She has also consecutively won the Junior Division of the Ysa?e International Music Competition, the Leonid Kogan International Violin Competition, and the Berlin Rising Star Grand Prix International Music Competition, establishing herself as a next-generation violinist.

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