Jake Dongyoung Shim gained international recognition winning 1st Prize and Bach Prize at the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition in Michigan, United States. After winning a prize at the 2023 Munetsugu Angel International Violin Competition in Nagoya, Japan, F. Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna, Austria and at the 2020 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, United States, he also won a prize at the 2022 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition in Zhuhai, China. Jake was also one of the Laureates at the 2020 J. S. Bach Competition.

In the upcoming season, Jake will make his debut as a soloist with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He also gave debut performances on three different continents including venues such as Salle des Combins at Verbier Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul Arts Center, The Musikverein in Vienna, and Alice Tully Hall.

Jake has appeared at chamber music festivals including the The Verbier Festival Soloist Academy, Perlman Music Program, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute’s Ashkenasi Chamber Music Seminar, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Spring Festival, performing alongside esteemed musicians such as Kim Kashkashian, Molly Carr, David Finckel, Wu Han, Li Lin, Arnaud Sussmann, Sarah Chang, and Itzhak Perlman. In addition to his recent awards, Jake Dongyoung Shim’s numerous honors include the Grand Prize at the Vienna Music Competition in Vienna, Austria and the prizes at the DongA Music Competition and Ewha Music Competition in Seoul, Korea, among many others. He is also the 1st Prize winner at The Stradivarius International Violin Competition.

Last season, he appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra, China, Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra, Japan, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Chang&Virtuosi Orchestra and Korea Chamber Orchestra, among many others.

He is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at the Curtis Institute of Music with a full scholarship and Tobe Amsterdam Fellowship studying with Ida Kavafian and Shmuel Ashkenasi. His former teachers include Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory where he studied with a Tan Family Education Grant and Dean’s Scholarship.

He plays the 1711 D. Montagnana, on generous loan from the Sooyoung Art Trade in Korea.

First Round

• W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 1 KV 207
  • 1. Allegro moderato (7')
• J. S. Bach:  Sonata No. 3 C major BWV 1005
  • 2. Fuga (11')
• N. Paganini: Caprices for solo violin op. 1, No. 11 (4')
• Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 2 G major
  • 1. Allegretto

Second Round

• P. R. Flys: Sonata for solo Violin (6')
  • 1. Lento capriccioso - Vivo
  • 2. Largo - Allegretto
• P. I. Tchaikovsky: Valse-Scherzo in C major op. 34 (6')
• E. Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata op. 27 No. 5 in G major (9')
  • 1. L'Aurore
  • 2. Danse Rustique
• F. Schubert: Fantasy in C major for Violin and Piano D. 934 (26')
  • 1. Andante molto
  • 2. Allegretto
  • 3. Tema e Variazioni - Andantino-Adagio
  • 4. Tempo I
  • 5. Allegro vivace
  • 6. Allegretto
  • 7. Presto

Piano: UdK accompanist

Finale

• S. Prokofjew: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (21')
  • 1. Andantino
  • 2. Scherzo: Vivacissimo
  • 3. Moderato – Allegro moderato