julie hye-yung yoon
Adding an intense and a unique sound to the Chiara Quartet as its second violinist, Julie Hye-Yung Yoon has performed in the U.S. and abroad along with her quartet to critical acclaim. Her solo work include performing Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with pianist Stewart Goodyear and cellist Gregory Beaver with the Greater Grand Forks Symphony and recently performing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with The University of Nebraska Orchestra. She has also soloed with the Charlotte Symphony, the Mannes Orchestra, and has performed at the prime minister’s residence in Seoul, South Korea for the first-woman prime minister and other government officials. Future projects include a current commission of a violin and piano work written by composer Robert Sirota and performing all six of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin in Spring 2012. As a devoted teacher, she currently teaches at Harvard University and serves as Research Assistant Professor and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has taught at The Juilliard School, Greenwood Music Camp, and The Chamber Music Institute at the University of Nebraska. She graduated from The Juilliard School with a Bachelor of Music and an Artist Diploma Degree in String Quartet Studies. Her teachers and mentors include Sally Thomas, Ernest Pereira, and members of the Juilliard String Quartet. When she isn’t playing in quartet or practicing, she spends time with her husband Gregory Beaver, who is also in the quartet, her daughter and their two cats. Julie plays on a Roman violin from 1790 made by Giulio Cesare Gigli.