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Violinist JANET SUNG enjoys an acclaimed international career as a virtuoso soloist, praised for her lustrous tone and impassioned, bravura performances.
Since her orchestral debut with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at age nine, Janet Sung has been guest soloist with, among many others, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Aspen Chamber Symphony and Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, as well as the orchestras of Boise, Bozeman, Corpus Christi, Delaware, Dubuque, Fargo-Moorhead, Hartford, Springfield (Massachusetts & Ohio), Tacoma and Wyoming. Abroad, she has been heard with South Korea’s Pusan Philharmonic Orchestra, Germany’s Stelzen Festival Orchestra and Russia’s Omsk Philharmonic Orchestra and National Symphonic Orchestra of Bashkortostan. Her solo performances have frequently been aired on radio and television, nationally and internationally, including multiple broadcasts of her performance of Korngold’s Violin Concerto on NPR’s “Performance Today.” Acclaimed for her compelling performances of traditional works from Bach to Berg, she also reveals her repertoire’s diversity by presenting the works of the 20th and 21st centuries. In 2009, Ms. Sung presented the world premiere of Kenneth Fuchs’ American Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, and, in 2011, the world premiere of Augusta Reed Thomas’ Double Helix. Additionally, she has toured regularly throughout the United States with fiddler Mark O’Connor’s American String Celebration, showcased in performances of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons and Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen.
In recital, Janet Sung has been presented in Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Louisville, New York City and Pittsburgh, as well as in Odense, Denmark, Lausanne, Switzerland and Queenstown, New Zealand. She is also a frequently heard artist at distinguished music festivals, including: Aspen Music Festival, Bellingham Festival of Music, Britt Festival, Hot Springs Music Festival, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, Germany’s Sulzbach-Rosenberg International Music Festival and Switzerland’s Lucerne Festival. Ms. Sung is also a frequent guest at numerous festivals and with the American Chamber Players, touring nationally.
Janet Sung was chosen by Leonard Slatkin as the recipient of the Passamaneck Award, for which she performed at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Music Hall for the Y Music Society Concert Series.
A native of New York City, Janet Sung began violin studies at the age of seven, making her public debut the following year. At nine, she began a decade of private studies with the renowned violinist, Josef Gingold, a period that overlapped with her attendance
at Harvard University, from which she graduated with honors with a double degree in anthropology and music. Subsequently, Ms. Sung was invited to study on full scholarship with Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School. She also studied extensively with Masao Kawasaki, David Cerone, Eugene Phillips and the Juilliard String Quartet.
Currently Associate Professor of Violin and Strings Coordinator at the DePaul University School of Music, Janet Sung is highly sought after as an artist-teacher and regularly conducts master classes at conservatories throughout the country. She has also served as faculty at The Juilliard School (initially as the Starling/DeLay Institute Fellow), State University of New York at Fredonia. During the 2003-2004 season, she returned to Harvard University as the Clifton Visiting Artist for the “Learning from Performers” program, whose previous guests included Isaac Stern, James Galway, Mark Morris and Quincy Jones.
Janet Sung plays a c.1600 Maggini violin.
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