Jisun Min is a violinist from South Korea. She acquired her preliminary Conservatory, Bachelors and Masters degree at the Korean University of Art, studying with violinist NamyunKim. She has won a number of national awards and competitions in Korea.
She was appointed as a concertmaster at a young age and expanded her experience on large stages in various concert halls, playing the complete symphonic works of Beethoven, Brahms and Tchaikovsky. She also gained huge experience playing contemporary and traditional Korean music, kpop, commercial, theatre, film music, opera, tango, jazz, gospel, not only in orchestral environments but also as part of chamber groups or solo. She enjoyed a thriving musical career in Korea for many years.
In 2019, she decided to study abroad in Ireland to focus more on Western Classical music and to experience new languages and new sounds. In the Royal Irish Academy of Music, she completed a Recital Artist Diploma with Distinction, professional mentorship and received bursaries every year. She also appeared as leader of the RIAM Symphonia for five years, and appeared as leader for two operatic works which were Irish Premieres. In Ireland, she studied with Fionnuala Hunt, Mia Cooper, Sarah Sew, Claire Duff and chamber music under pianist Peter Tuite.
She was the winner of the Dublin ChamberFest for four years running. She was awarded the Colin Staveley Memorial Medal at the Maura Dowdall Competition in Ireland. Winner of the Strad competition, MBC Busan music competition in Korea. Jisun was a finalist in the Osaka International Music Competition and the Beethoven Chamber Music Competition at the Krzysztof Pendereczki Centre in Poland.
Recent performances include the Summer Project of King’s College London, the Music for Galway Festival, the Tullamore Gramophone Society concert, the Wexford Chamber Festival, the Limerick Rising Star Gala concert soloist, Music in Calary, also in Co. Wicklow, the Rising Star Recital at West Wicklow music festival 2024.
Jisun had the honour to participate in the NCH international masterclass project with Maxim Vengerov and also was the leader of the Philippsburg Chamber Orchestra last year in Germany.
Jisun loves to work with professional orchestras in Ireland. She has been a member of the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, INO, RTÉCO, Wexford Festival Opera and BBC Ulster Orchestra and also played with Camerata Ireland. She keeps seeking new stages to play on, in Korea, Ireland and abroad. She would like to broaden her chamber repertoire and discover more beauty.
Since the age of 14, Jisun has been playing an Italian-American violin, which has a strong character, elegant shape and warm sounds, built by Frank J. Callier in 1920.
