The Korean violinist Jae Park was born in Seoul.
He studied with Ivan Galamian and Sally Thomas at the Juilliard School
of Music, New York and with Rodney Friend at the Royal College of
Music, London, from which he graduated with honor, winning many competitions
and prizes in both countries.
Since his London debut with the London Philharmoinc Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall, Jae Park has appeared as soloist with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, Kiev Philharmonic, Prague Radio Symphony, Philharmonia and other British orchestras and has given concerts in France, Gremany, Spain, Czech Republic, Poland, North America, AfricaÄand the Far East. He has also performed in Royal Concerts in the Presence of the Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Of his New York recital debut in 1990 the critic of the New York Times wrote : "Mr. Park aspires to a highly Romantic school of violin playing and exhibits all its qualities." In 1991 he was invited to open the Swiss Festival (the 700th Anniversary of the Swiss Confederation) and gave a highly acclaimed London recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Jae Park was also featured in the BBC, CBC (Canada), RTHK (Hong Kong) and Spanish Television. He has participated in several international music festivals including Music alp, Nice, Orford, Prague, Schleswig-Holstein,Äand Torroella de Montgri, where, besides teaching as a professor from 1989 to 1992, he gave a world premiere of the "Proses disperses" by well-known Spanish composer Taverna-Bach; the critic of the El Pais wrote: "Jae Park was simply impeccable and brilliant."
>From 1989 - 1991 he was Concertmaster of the Hong Kong Philharmonic and later a Guest-Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra.
>From 1994 - 1997 he was Visting Professor of Violin and International Consultant at the Royal College of Music in London and from 1997 - 1999 he was Visiting Professor at the Kyungwon University in Korea.
Currently, Jae Park is the artistic director of the Strictly Strings Music Festival in Korea, which he founded in 1999.