Mee-Hyun Esther Park

Confident, passionate and dedicated violinist with years of solid classical music education and stage experience. Experienced in both live performances and recording settings as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral team player. Passionate about contemporary music and collaborating with other genres of arts and media.

• 2024, Recitals in St. James’s Piccadilly, London, St Mary le Strand
• 2023, Solo recitals at the Bridgewater Hall, Elgar Room of the Royal Albert Hall, St James’s Piccadilly
• 2023, Performance of Sarasate’s Navarra with Maxim Vengerov and Oxford Philarmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall
• 2023, RCM String Showcase at the Wigmore Hall playing Olivier Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time
• 2023, Performances around the UK including Conway Hall Sunday Concerts, Wye Valley Music Club, Chipping Campden Music Festival and High Barnet Chamber Music Festival with Brompton Quartet
• 2022, Performance of Fathom at Purcell Room, Southbank Centre London with violist Lawrence Power, Brompton Quartet and Amê Studios Production
• 2022, Performance of Sarasate’s Navarra with Maxim Vengerov and RCM students at the RCM
• 2021, Performance at Wigmore Hall with the Brompton Quartet as a part of the RCM String Showcase
• 2021, Appearance on BBC Radio 3 ‘In Tune’ with Lawrence Power and the Brompton Quartet
• 2021, Performed Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1 with the RCM Symphony Orchestra to Maxim Vengerov at the RCM

• 2024, Joint 1st Prize of the North London Festival D’Addario String Prize Competition
• 2024, Awardee of the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award
• 2023, Selected as an artist for the Manchester Mid-Days Concert Society Series 2023-24
• 2023, Full scholarship awarded for Artist Diploma studies at the RCM as Orpheus Scholar supported by the Knights of the Round Table Award
• 2023, Awardee of the Help Musicians Postgraduate Award
• 2022, Winner of the RCM Violin Competition 2022 and RCM String Quartet Competition 2022 with the Brompton Quartet
• 2022, 2nd Prize of the RCM Concerto Competition 2022
• 2021, Full scholarship awarded for Postgraduate studies at the RCM as Neville Wathen Scholar
• 2021, Finalist at the Royal Over-Seas League Competition with the Brompton Quartet
• 2017, Full scholarship awarded for Undergraduate studies at the RCM

• 2024, Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos in the LKM Masterclasses 2024, Athens, Greece
• 2024, Selected for the IMS Prussia Cove Masterclasses, class of Andras Keller
• 2024, Performance of Beethoven’s Serenade at RCM Chamber Music Festival
• 2024, Lunchtime recital at the Chiltern Arts Festival with the Brompton Quartet
• 2023, Dina and Friends Festival at the 1901 Arts Club, London
• 2023, Masterclass with Clive Greenwood from the Colburn School at the RCM
• 2023, ChamberStudio Mentorship Masterclasses with David Waterman, MusicWorks Masterclasses with Catherine Manson, Masterclass with Alfred Brendel, Quartet-in-residence at the Wye Valley Chamber Music Festival with Brompton Quartet
• 2022, Performance at West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival with Collegium Orchestra and Lawrence Power
• 2022, Performance at Arundel Festival with Brompton Quartet and Colin Lawson, Director of the RCM
• 2022, Masterclasses with Maxim Vengerov, Tasmin Little, Pavel Haas Quartet at the RCM
• 2021, West Wycombe Chamber Music Festival with Brompton Quartet and Lawrence Power

• 2023-current, Extra work with the Philharmonia Orchestra
• 2023, Co-led RCM Chamber Orchestra alongside Mats Zetterqvist, Chamber Orchestra of Europe
• 2022-23, Selected for the BBC Symphony Orchestra’s Pathway Scheme
• 2022-23, Participation in the RCM Philharmonic and Symphony Orchestras with Martyn Brabbins and Tim Lines
• Concertmaster of the Yehudi Menuhin School Junior and Senior Orchestras