Mi-Sa Yang
- Violin
Violinist of Korean origin, Mi-Sa Yang was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. She studied at the Paris National Conservatory (CNSMDP), first completing a Concert Violinist / Soloist postgraduate program, under the supervision of Olivier Charlier and Jean-Jacques Kantorow, before joining the school’s Chamber Music Class.
Mi-Sa has won prizes and awards in various international competitions. She received the 1st Prize at the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists in 2000 and the 1stPrize in trio (piano, violin and cello) at the 55th edition of Barcelona’s Maria Canals International Music Competition, in 2009.
Since her orchestral debut performance at the age of 12 in Japan, Mi-Sa has had the opportunity to perform with many prestigious ensembles such as London Mozart Players, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, New Japan Philharmonic, Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra etc.
She is also careful to cultivate her talent as a chamber musician. She co-founded the piano-trio Les Esprits with Adam Laloum and Victor Julien-Laferrière, and she is a member of the Ardeo Quartet since 2014.
She performs at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Wiener Konzerthaus, Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Les Salons en Musique in London, Kuhmo Chamber Music in Finland, Festival Musiq’3 Brussels etc.
Both recordings of Trio Les Esprits in 2014 and 2017 (Mirare) have received praise from the critics. The last one, dedicated to Schubert, has been released in 2019 for Sony Music and includes the Fantasy for violin and piano D934.
In Spring 2019, she has released a new album devoted to the Mozart’s sonatas, in duet with the pianist Jonas Vitaud. Since 2022, Mi-Sa Yang has been appointed teacher at the CNSM in Paris as an assistant professor in the violin class of Olivier Charlier.