Jake Dongyoung Shim

Jake Dongyoung Shim Violinist 
Jake is an outstanding violinist. He communicates to his listeners with his own very distinctive musical personality which is sensitive, strong and unusually expressive. He plays with a very pure, large, highly nuanced sound and his technical facility is exceptional. 
- Itzhak Perlman 
Jake Dongyoung Shim gained international recognition winning the 'Isang Yun Prize' at the ISANGYUN International Violin Competition, being the first to win the competition by playing Yun’s Violin concerto (1992) at the final. It was the first time in 22 years that the piece was performed at the final round. After winning 1st Prize and Bach Prize at the 2020 Stulberg International String Competition in Michigan, United States and prizes at the 2022 Zhuhai International Mozart Competition in Zhuhai, China, and at the 2020 Irving M. Klein International String Competition in San Francisco, United States, he recently won a prize at the 2022 F. Kreisler International Violin Competition in Vienna, Austria. Jake was also one of the Laureates at the 2020 J. S. Bach Competition. 
In addition to winning the 'Isang Yun Prize' and 3rd prize at the 2024 ISANGYUN International Violin Competition, the SONY Classical Records will be working with Jake to produce and promote his début album. 
In the upcoming season, Jake will make his debut as a soloist with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Seocho Philharmonic Orchestra, Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Adelphi Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Symphony in C, and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra. He also gave debut performances on three different continents including venues such as Salle des Combins at Verbier Festival, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, Kumho Art Hall, Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, The Musikverein in Vienna, and Alice Tully Hall. 
Jake has appeared at chamber music festivals including the La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Verbier Festival Soloist Academy, Perlman Music Program, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, NUME Academy&Festival, Heifetz International Music Institute’s Ashkenasi Chamber Music Seminar, and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Spring Festival, performing alongside esteemed musicians such as Kim Kashkashian, Molly Carr, David Finckel, Wu Han, Arnaud Sussmann, Sarah Chang, and Itzhak Perlman. In addition to his recent awards, he is also the 1st Prize winner at The Stradivarius International Violin Competition. 
Last season, he appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including the Rundfunk- Sinfonieorchester Berlin (Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra), Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Central Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Chubu Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Sarah Chang&Virtuosi Orchestra, Korea Chamber Orchestra and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others.
He is currently an Artist Diploma candidate at the Curtis Institute of Music with a full scholarship and Tobe Amsterdam Fellowship studying with Ida Kavafian and Shmuel Ashkenasi. His former teachers include Donald Weilerstein at the New England Conservatory where he studied with a Tan Family Education Grant and Dean’s Scholarship, Itzhak Perlman at the Perlman Music Program, and Kyung Sun Lee and HyunA Kim at the Yewon Arts School and Seoul Arts High School. 
He plays the 1714 Stradivarius violin on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation. 
From October 2026 he studies in the Professional Studies with Mihaela Martin at Kronberg Academy.