Shin-young Kwon

Shin-young has been a member of the Oregon Symphony since 2004 and served as an Acting Assistant Concertmaster from September 2016 through December 2018. She transferred from Seoul National University in South Korea to the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Sylvia Rosenberg and earned both her B.M and M.M. She later completed the Doctor of Musical Arts degree program at Indiana University as a student of Miriam Fried. Her dissertation is a survey of string quartets by minor composers of the Classical period. She has been coached by Atar Arad, James Buswell, Isidore Cohen, Glenn Dicterow, Alexander Kerr, Peter Salaf, János Starker, Sheryl Staples, Alan de Veritch, Zvi Zeitlin, and members of the Orion, Juilliard, Chicago, and Takács quartets.

Outside of the Oregon Symphony, Shin-young has played with the Oregon Bach Festival, the Sunriver Music festival, the Colorado Music Festival and OrpheusPDX. While a student, she participated in the New York String Seminar, the Aspen Music Festival, the Pacific Music Festival, the Sarasota Music Festival, and the Tanglewood Music Center.

Shin-young is also an active chamber musician. She is a founding member of the string quartet Mousai Remix since 2011, and a member of the 45th Parallel Universe. Her interest in chamber music is evidenced by her performances at the Sarasota Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, and the Taos School of Music. She received the Kutner String Quartet Award at Indiana University.

She has performed solo recitals in Indiana, New York, Portland, and South Korea, and she has appeared as a soloist with orchestras in South Korea.

In addition to her busy performing schedule, Shin-young teaches violin at Lewis & Clark College.