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Lisa Sung, violin/viola
Australian-Korean violist Lisa Sung is an internationally active performer and passionate educator. Hailed by the Australian Daily Telegraph as a "viola prodigy," she has appeared as soloist at the Sydney Opera House and performed at major venues including Carnegie Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, and the Royal Albert Hall.
Lisa has performed with world-class orchestras such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, and Australian Chamber Orchestra, as a guest musician, and has toured extensively throughout Europe.
Lisa's teaching philosophy centers on developing each student's individual musical voice while building a rock-solid technical foundation, artistic confidence, and professional readiness. Her students have gone on to achieve outstanding successes, including acceptance into top conservatories such as The Juilliard School. Her teaching emphasizes efficient practice strategies, injury-preventive technique, audition preparation, and expressive freedom, and is carefully tailored to each student's goals, whether pre-college, collegiate, or pre-professional.
Lisa holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees from The Juilliard School, where she was a recipient of the inaugural Kovner Fellowship, and a Graduate Diploma from the New England Conservatory. She currently serves on the viola faculty at the University of Minnesota and is a member of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.