Dawn Dongeun Wohn
UW Hamel Music Center-Collins Recital Hall 740 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series. $15.
media release: Mead Witter School of Music Faculty Artist Series
Dawn Dongeun Wohn, violin; Satoko Hayami, piano
Program includes Sueños de Chambi by Gabriela Lena Frank and Jhula Jhule by Reena Esmail
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Praised as having “a joyful sense of freedom, and a pure, unencumbered tone” by BBC Music Magazine, Korean-American violinist Dawn Dongeun Wohn has performed in concert halls in North and South America, Asia, and Europe, including Carnegie Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, and the National Theater in Taiwan. As a soloist, she has performed with orchestras such as the Korean Broadcasting Symphony and the Aspen Conducting Orchestra, and has toured internationally as a chamber musician.
Her debut album Perspectives, featuring diverse works by female composers was featured by the New York Times, Spotify, Apple Music and was chosen as one of WQXR’s best albums of the year. Her recent release, Unbounded by Delos Music explores music by American women. Both albums have been featured on radio programs all over the world and have been noted for its “enlightened advocacy” (Gramophone), “elegant and impassioned playing” (Fanfare), and “warm, crystal-clear tone” (Whole note).
A dedicated teacher, she is on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music and teaches at Rocky Ridge Music Festival during the summers. Previously, Dawn was Associate Professor of Violin and String Division Chair at Ohio University. As a guest clinician and recitalist, she has presented and performed at schools across the United States, and has been on the faculty of numerous festivals.
Dawn began her musical studies at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division as a student of Dorothy DeLay. Further studies include an undergraduate degree at Juilliard, Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale University and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University.