Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Yelim Song | 1st Prize | Winds & Percussion | 7th Edition | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition


I attended an international school in Korea and won many KIMEA(Korea International Music Education Association) platinum awards and attended AMIS (Association for Music in International Schools.) In 2015, I played the Haydn Oboe Concerto in C with the National Symphony Orchestra of Teleredio-Moldova. In 2017, I attended the Curtis Summerfest YASP as one of the youngest participants of the program. In 2018, I began attending Walnut Hill School for the Arts and NEC prepatory school. I played in the Youth Symphony at NEC prep and went on the Italy Tour in 2019 with the Youth Symphony as a principal oboist. In 2019, I participated in the BUTI Tanglewood two week oboe workshop. In 2019 and currently, I am a member of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at NEC prep and NEC Honors Wind Quintet. In the summer of 2020, I participated in the Juilliard Summer Winds and NEC Oboe Workshop. Recently, I won the Merit Award from the 2021 National YoungArts Foundation. I became a member of the Back to Bach project and launched my own fundraiser partnering with an organization. My fundraiser raises money by showcasing different art forms.