Boha Moon, 13, South Korea, performing Ysaÿe's Caprice d'après l'étude en forme de valse de Saint-Saëns at the Menuhin Competition #richmond2021 Junior Semi-Finals.
Pianist: Miroslav Sekera
Boha Moon was born in South Korea in 2006. Since 2017, she has studied at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts with Professor Nam-Yun Kim, having previously studied at the MSM Pre-College division with Professor Anat Malkin Almani. She has won 1st Prize at many competitions including Sungjung 2014, MusicChunchu 2015, Crescendo International Competition 2016, Ewha Kyunghyang Concours 2018, Singapore Violin Festival 2019 and Ishikawa Music Award 2019; and 2nd Prize at the Leonid Kogan Competition 2020. She has performed in masterclasses with musicians including Philip Draganov, Klaidi Sahatci, Ani Schnarch, Martin Beaver and Koichiro Harada.
Founded by Yehudi Menuhin in 1983, the Menuhin Competition is the world's leading international competition for young violinists. The Competition attracts hundreds of entries from countries across the globe, choosing only 44 of the world’s very best young violinists to participate. Held every two years in a different world city the Competition discovers, encourages and nurtures exceptionally talented young musicians from all corners of the world under the age of 22 years to develop into the next generation of great artists.
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