Chang-Yun Yoo

Born 1972 in Seoul, South Korea, Chang-Yun Yoo first began music with piano lessons. At the age of eleven he started to learn the viola. Soon after that he won a number of national music competitions in Korea as a violist. Chang-Yun Yoo studied under the tutelage of Prof. Rohde at the Berlin University of Arts and received his soloist's diploma in 2006. During his studies Chang-Yun Yoo won several international competitions. He worked as principal violist in the Museumsorchester Frankfurt/ Main, Hamburg Philharmonic, Philharmonic Orchestra Gran Canaria in Spain and with the Dessau Philharmonic. Since 2007 he ist based in Berlin and works as a freelance musician, collaborating with renowned ensembles such as Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerakademie Potsdam, Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg, Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss, Modern Art Ensemble Berlin. He is a member of AsianArt Ensemble Berlin, Musica Sequenza, Work in Progress Berlin, Aurum Ensemble Berlin and Korean Chamber Orchestra.

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