2007-08 Young Artist Competition for Violin
Congratulations
to Caroline Suh, winner of the 2007 Young Artist Competition for Violin.Caroline Suh is a twelve-year-old violinist from New York who began her musical study at the age of three. She has been studying music at the Manhattan School of Music in the Precollege division for the past five years where she has served as a concertmistress in two of its four orchestras. Last year she was first place winner of its Precollege Concerto Competition in her age category which led to an orchestral performance of Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen. Caroline has also placed first in the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival Concerto Competition on Long Island. She has participated in master classes with violinist Giora Schmidt as part of the Long Island Philharmonic Master Class series and with violist Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson String Quartet at the C.W. Post Chamber Music Festival. In New York, Caroline has performed at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, Tilles Center, and Carnegie Hall.
Caroline made her orchestral debut as guest soloist of the North Shore Symphony Orchestra at the age of ten where she received a standing ovation for her rendition of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto. Caroline plays on a violin made by Mr. Clifford Roberts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She currently studies under the guidance of Mrs. Julie Artzt Becker.