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The Royal College of Music (RCM) in London has announced the appointment of Esther Yoo as its new violin professor.
She has been appointed alongside Elizabeth Bass and Oliver Wass, who join the faculty as harp professors.
Yoo has enjoyed an extensive international solo career, appearing with orchestras throughout the US, Europe, the UK, Asia and Australia. She is a founding member of the Z.E.N. Trio alongside pianist Zhang Zuo and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan, with whom she has toured North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and released two albums on Deutsche Grammophon.
She has recorded several albums on Deutsche Grammophon featuring the concertos of Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Bruch coupled with Barber, and has collaborated with Long Yu and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on her upcoming album.
She is featured on the soundtrack of the feature film On Chesil Beach, and was a guest artist on pianist Chad Lawson’s album breathe, both released on Decca.
Yoo became the youngest prizewinner of the International Sibelius Violin Competition in 2010 and of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2012. In 2018 she was selected as one of Classic FM’s Top 30 Artists under 30.
Gary Ryan, head of strings at RCM, welcomed the new faculty members. On Yoo’s appointment, he said he believes her work as a soloist and recording artist ’will further enhance and complement the exceptional quality of the violin faculty.’