Jae-Won Bang, violin

Violinist Jae-Won Bang received her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music in Violin Performance from the Colburn School and the Yale School of Music, respectively, as well as a Master of Music in Historical Performance from the Juilliard School.

As a soloist, Jae-Won has performed with orchestras and ensembles across Alberta, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, and New York. In 2012, she was featured on the NEXT Young Artist series on CBC Radio Two as the first young artist to be heard on both baroque and modern violins. She has collaborated with Clive Greensmith, Ronald Leonard, Rachel Podger, and Arnold Steinhardt, and has performed at Weill Hall, the Kennedy Centre, Alice Tully Hall, and the Greene Space at WQXR. Her festival appearances include Morningside Music Bridge, ENCORE, Enghien, the Berwick/Oregon Bach Festival, Mozarteum Sommerakademie, the Weimar Bach Cantata Academy, Banff, Sarasota, Aspen, and Kneisel Hall.

Previously, Jae-Won was a member of the Yale Baroque Ensemble (2010–2011) and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (2013–2014). A recipient of the 2016 Zarin Mehta Fellowship, she was selected by Rice University and the New York Philharmonic to participate in their inaugural Global Academy. She was also selected as a Young Artist with Da Camera Houston for their 2015–2016 season.

Her teachers include Toni and Gerald Stanick, Robert Lipsett, Ani Kavafian, Laurie Smukler, and Cho-Liang Lin on violin, as well as Robert Mealy, Cynthia Roberts, and Monica Huggett on baroque violin.

In 2016, Jae-Won joined the first violin section of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. She enjoys balancing her performing and teaching careers and currently holds the position of Adjunct Professor of Violin at the University of British Columbia.