Soyoung Yoon

Soyoung Yoon (born October 18, 1984 in Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean violinist. She started playing the violin at the age of five. She plays on the 1710 King George Stradivarius and the 1773 ex-Bückeburg J.B. Guadagnini violin.
Yoon attended Yewon Middle School for Arts, Seoul Arts High School, Korea National University of Arts, Cologne University of Music, and Zurich University of the Arts, where she studied under Zakhar Bron.

• First prize, Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition, 2011
• First prize, Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, 2002
• First prize, Cologne International Music Competition, 2003
• Winner, Tibor Varga International Competition, 2005
• First prize, David Oistrakh International Violin Competition, Odessa, Ukraine, 2006
• Sixth prize, Queen Elisabeth Competition, 2009
• Silver medal, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, 2010

• "윤소영, 비에냐프스키 바이올린 콩쿠르 우승" [Yoon Soyoung wins first prize at Wieniawski concours]. Yonhap News. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2015-12-13. 
• Aldridge, Tom (2015-03-11). "Soyoung Yoon dazzles IVCI Laureate audience". Nuvo: Indy's Alternative Voice. Retrieved 2015-12-13.