Pianist Yumi Jang has a distinguished international career as a concerto soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She has performed at prestigious venues worldwide, including the Royal Albert Hall in United Kingdom, the Mirabell Palace in Austria (with the Salzburg Mirabell Chamber Orchestra), the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea, the Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall, Hilda and Douglas Goodwin Recital Hall, and Shriver Hall in Maryland, USA, Paul Davenport Theatre and von Kuster Hall in Ontario, Canada. Yumi has received acclaim for her expressive playing and dynamic performances as a soloist and ensemble musician.

Her recent wins include the New York International Music Competition and the New York Laureate International Music Competition. She has also earned first prizes and other accolades at numerous other competitions, such as the "London" Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, the American Protégé Music Competition, the Golden Classical Music Awards “Los Angeles”, the Charleston International Music Competition, the Concert Artists Music Competition, the Virtuoso International Music Awards London, the Excellence Piano Awards Competition, the International Piano Competition Online, the IMCA Music Competition, the Glory International Piano Competition in New York, the 21st Century Talents Music Competition in Canada, the Canadian International Music Competition (earning the Absolute Platinum Prize), the Quebec Music Competition(earning the Platinum Prize), the Global International Music Competition (earning the Platinum Prize), the North American Virtuoso International Competition (earning the Gold Prize), the Royal Sound Music Competition in Canada (earning the Grand Prize), the 2022 "Pianist of the Year" European Classical Music Grand Prix award, the International European Classical Music Pianist Award Competition (earning the Gold Prize), and the International European Autumn Competition (earning the Gold Prize and Country Representative Winner). She has also been awarded top honors at the Asia Chopin International Competition, Hong Kong Asia Open International Piano Competition (Youth class and Schumann categories), International Mozart Competition Vienna, and Korea/France Art & Culture International Exchange Association National Music Competition.

Yumi began studying piano at the age of four and quickly gained prominence in her native South Korea, winning numerous awards and performing extensively. She completed her undergraduate degree at Yonsei University in South Korea before earning her Master of Music degree at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University in the USA. She then pursued doctoral studies with Dr. Kyung Kim at the University of Minnesota Twin-Cities before transferring to Western University (Ontario, Canada), where she is currently a graduate teaching assistant and a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in the studio of Dr. Kyung Kim.

Yumi is scheduled to perform at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, USA in July and at Lincoln Center Plaza and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, USA in December.

Nicholas Yoo is a violinist studying with Elizabeth Chang in the Pre-College Division at the Juilliard School. Recently named a Merit winner of the National YoungArts Competition, he is also the first prize winner of numerous music competitions such as the MTNA NJ Senior String Competition, DePaul Concerto Festival for Young Musicians, Grand Prize Virtuoso International Music Competition, Camerata Artists International Competition, and the Queensboro Symphony Concerto Competition. Nicholas has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, and the Royal Albert Hall.

He has participated in masterclasses with acclaimed violinists and pedagogues such as Daniel Phillips, Ani Kavafian, Phillip Setzer, Bayla Keyes, Masao Kawasaki, and Bruno Eicher. Nicholas has spent his summers at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont and the Brancaleoni International Music Festival in Italy. Last summer, he served as the concertmaster of the National Youth Orchestra 2 (NYO2), performing at the New World Center and Carnegie Hall.  

He debuted in 2015 with the Queensboro Symphony Orchestra and performed as a soloist with the Oistrakh Symphony in Chicago, Illinois under the baton of Maestro Mina Zikri.

As an avid chamber musician, he has participated in the New York Youth Symphony Chamber Music Program and won the 2nd Prize in the 2023 Coltman Chamber Music Competition with his piano trio. Orchestrally, he was selected as concertmaster of the Pre-College String Ensemble and the Pre-College Symphony.

This summer, he will be joining the National Youth Orchestra of the United States (NYO-USA) for its 10th anniversary season, as the ensemble tours North America with Sir Andrew Davis and violinists Hilary Hahn and Gil Shaham.

Besides music, he enjoys creative writing, hanging out with friends, and trying out new cuisines from different cultures while traveling across the world.

Katherine Jung, a 15-year-old violinist, currently studies at the Juilliard Pre-College program. She is also part of chamber groups at New York Youth Symphony (NYYS) chamber program. She won first prize at New Jersey Music Teachers Association (NJMTA) Young Musicians Competition, VIVO International Music Competition, and Prima Volta Music Competition. She performed as a soloist with the Little Orchestra Society in 2022. For summer music programs, she received merit-based scholarships to Heifetz International Music Institute in 2022 and Meadowmount School of Music in 2023.  

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