Jiyu performs on Show 439.

Jiyu Oh (violin), 17, is a violinist from Seoul, South Korea. She is currently a Junior at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, studying with Prof. Soovin Kim at the New England Conservatory of Music Preparatory School (NEC Prep). Also at NEC, Jiyu is enrolled in the Chamber Music Intensive Performance Seminar (CHIPS) and the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra (YPO). Having won first prize at numerous national competitions, her most recent highlights include a debut recital at the Kumho Art Hall as a Kumho Prodigy Artist, a full scholarship to participate in the Chamber Music Northwest Young Artist Institute and Morningside Music Bridge Performance Program, and 2nd place in the NEC Preparatory School Concerto Competition. Before moving to the USA, Jiyu was a student at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School. She received the overall grand prize at the 2022 Young Musicians Concours and the 2020 CBS National Youth Competition, and first prize at the 2020 Dong-A Junior Competition and the 2020 Sungjung Competition. Recent performances include participating in “A Night at the Museum” held at Calderwood Hall in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, a Samick Young Artists Concert, and the Switzerland-South Korea Cultural Exchange Concert. She has also performed at the Seoul Arts Center (SAC) as a member of the SAC Youth Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, Jiyu has performed with ensembles in a Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Concert, a Music for Food Concert at the Goethe Institute, a “Back to Bach” virtual concert, and the Learning Courage virtual concert “Hope”, which included the performance of a commissioned piece.

Jiyu graduated from Yewon School in 2022, receiving the Im Wonsik Artist Award. During her studies at Yewon School, Jiyu received the prestigious Lee Daewoong Artist Scholarship and the Samick Arts Scholarship. In recent years, Jiyu has had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with renowned musicians, including Miriam Fried, Donald Weilerstein, Mai Motobuchi, Ulf Wallin, Guillaume Sutre, Wayne Lin, Mi-kyung Lee and Wonhee Bae.

Receiving the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award will allow Jiyu to continue her studies at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts into her Senior year.

Orli has joined From the Top as Guest Host on Show 420, Show 422,  Show 404, Show 405, Show 390, Show 389, Show 379, Show 380, and Show 361.

Concert Pianist Orli Shaham is a regular guest host on From the Top and has an impressive international reputation as one of today’s most gifted pianists. The New York Times called her a “brilliant pianist”, and she is admired worldwide for her interpretations of both standard and modern repertoire.

Orli Shaham released Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the complete Mozart Sonatas on Canary Classics to rave reviews around the world: “overwhelmingly stunning” (Piano Dao), “altogether exceptional” (World Music Report) and “An absolute must for any of Mozart’s fans” (Midwest Record Review). Volumes 4, 5 and 6 are released in 2023. Her Mozart recording project also includes a concertos album with St. Louis Symphony, proclaimed “outstanding” by International Piano.

In addition to performing concertos and recitals around the world, she is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School. In 2022 Ms. Shaham served on the jury for Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Honens International Piano Competition. She is host of Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, a live interactive concert series and interactive video series for young children designed to develop listening skills, which she founded in 2010.

Ms. Shaham is one of From the Top’s Co-Hosts and Creatives, and has hosted episodes since 2018.

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