Sul Yoon

cello

2024
Kronberg Academy Professional Studies with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, funded by the Dieter and Catrin Hofmann patronage

Sul Yoon studied at Seoul National University and later at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Professor Wen-Sinn Yang. She is currently studying under Professor Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar. 

In 2022, Yoon became a Laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. She also won the second prize at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Conservatory Competition in Berlin and third prize at the International Johannes Brahms Competition in Pörtschach. Within Korea, she has likewise won awards in many competitions including the Ewha Kyunghyang Competition, the Busan MBC Competition and the Seoul International Music Competition established by the Dong-A newspaper.

Sul Yoon has performed with orchestras including the Brussels Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Biel Solothurn Symphony Orchestra and Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker.

She has performed in major German concert halls such as the Philharmonie Berlin and Konzerthaus Berlin, and has given recitals in the Kumho Young Artist Concert Series, The House Concert and Hermann Art Hall in Korea. She has likewise performed at various leading festivals including the Brussels Cello Festival, Rutesheim Cello Festival, Allegro Vivo Kammermusik Festival and the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein. An excellent student, she has further been invited and selected by professors to participate and perform in masterclasses. She maintains an active performance schedule both in her hometown and abroad. 

Sul Yoon not only performs as a soloist but also as an orchestral player. She was a scholarship academy member at the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker until 2023. During her time with the Academy, she regularly played with the Berliner Philharmoniker and with many maestros and soloists including Zubin Metha, Daniel Barenboim, Kirill Petrenko and Gustav Dudamel. She is currently a member of the Wald Ensemble.

Sul Yoon is studying at Kronberg Academy with Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt. Her studies are funded by the Dieter and Catrin Hofmann patronage.


Last updated: October 2024