JOOYEON KONG

A member of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra since 2006, violinist Jooyeon Kong has also been active as a chamber musician and performer of new music. Her festival appearances include Banff, Bellingham, Yellow Barn and Academia de Santander in Spain. She has had the opportunity to collaborate with some of today’s great artists including Franz Helmerson, Boris Berman and Vivian Hornik Weilerstein. She received her degrees at Rice and Yale Universities, studying primarily with Kathy Winkler and Peter Oundjian.