Flutist Young In Kwon graduated from the
preparatory school at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts in
Austria while attending Sunhwa Arts High School. She then graduated with top
honors with a bachelor's and master's degree from the Vienna University of
Music and Performing Arts and completed the highest performer course (KE).
Currently, she is pursuing a doctorate at the Graduate School of Music at Seoul
National University.
She established her reputation as a
performer by winning first place overall in the wind section at the
International Music Competition Citta di Padova, second place in the A.GI.MUS.
International Competition for Soloist and Orchestra di Sinfonica Radio
Bratislava, and third place in the Associazione International Edition of
Virtuosite.
Kwon has also performed solo at the
Scelsiana Music Festival (Italy), Karlsruhe Korean Music Project's Night of
Contemporary Music (Germany), Shenyang Asian Flute Federation Ensemble (China),
ArtM Concert solo recital (Yujung Art Hall), Yujung Art Hall Rising Star Series
solo recital, Munrae Art Factory Contemporary Music Recital solo recital,
Flute& New Musicians Concert (Youngsan Art Hall), Klang Pause Project
Chamber Orchestra, Italy Padova solo recital, Victory Family Centre Vienna duo,
Tirol Kulturhaus Quintifax chamber music invitation concert, Austrian Presidential
Residence (Hofburg) invitation concert, Boesendorfer Young Artist Series, and
Vienna Stadtfest, among others. She has demonstrated her broad musical
capabilities by collaborating with the Bratislava Radio Orchestra and
participating in various performances.
She has completed academies such as TIMF
(Tongyeong International Music Festival), Academie Internationale d’Ete de
Nice, and Vienna Summer Akademie, and has deepened her musical knowledge by
participating in masterclasses with renowned musicians such as Aurele Nicolet,
Michael Martin Kofler, Pierre Yves-Artaud, Phillipe Bernold, Paul Meisen,
Ransom Wilson, Vincent Lucas, Werner Tripp, Ulf-Dieter Schaaff, Henrik Wiese,
Alberto Almarza, Jeanny Baxtresser, and Carin Levin.
Having studied under Hye-ri Yoon, Wolfgang
Schulz, Erwin Klambauer, Gisela Mashayekhi-Beer, and Eui-gyeong Park, flutist
Young-in Kwon has served as a member of the Webern Symphony Orchestra, WK Phil.
(Wiener Koreanische Junge Philharmonie), Sorial Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul
Concert Orchestra, Sejong Philharmonic, Herald Orchestra, United Orchestra,
Gimpo Philharmonic, Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Chungnam Symphony
Orchestra, Jeonju Symphony Orchestra, Ditto Festival Orchestra, and Tongyeong
Festival Orchestra. Currently, she is the principal flutist of the Ditto
Festival Orchestra, a member of the Ensemble TIMF, a guest member of the
Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, and a member of KFEA (Korean Flute Educators
Association) and AFF (Asian Flute Federation). She is actively performing and
teaching at Sunhwa Arts Middle School, contributing to the education of the
next generation of musicians.

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