2024 Radda Rise International String Competition
Katherine Jung
First Prize
•Violin and Viola Division of Category 3
Katherine Jung is a 16-year-old violinist currently studying at the Juilliard Pre-College program under Professor Masao Kawasaki. She is the Grand Prize Winner of the New York International Classical Music Competition (2023), the Prodigy International Music Competition (2024), and the American Soloist International Music Competition (2024). Additionally, she was the First Runner-Up in the Mary G. Roebling Youth Concerto Competition, and has received First Prize in many other competitions, including the New Jersey Music Teachers Association Young Musicians Competition, the VIVO International Music Competition, the Prima Volta Music Competition, and the New York International Young Musician Competition.
In 2022, Katherine performed as a soloist with the Little Orchestra Society in a concert series designed to educate young audiences about classical music. In addition to her solo work, Katherine is an active chamber musician. In 2023, she performed commissioned works by Thomas Flippin with her string quartet at Juilliard and members of the New York Philharmonic, as part of the Composing Inclusion project.
In the summer, she attended the Heifetz International Music Institute in 2022 and the Meadowmount School of Music in 2023 and 2024. Beyond music, she loves traveling and writing.