David Park

Violin

Master of Music (Violin Performance) - Julliard School of Music

Bachelor of Music (Violin Performance) - Indiana University

David Park started playing the violin at the age of five in Seoul, Korea. Since coming to the United States in 1976 at the age of seven, Park has studied with Jascha Heifetz, Josef Gingold, Dorothy Delay, and Yuval Yaron.

Park maintains a balance between his engagements as soloist with orchestras throughout the world and his recital and chamber music activities. He has appeared as a soloist with the Utah Symphony, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Chamber Orchestra, the Festival Orchestra of the Music Academy of the West, and the Pyongyang National Symphony Orchestra in North Korea. Park has given recitals in many of the world's great concert halls, including Carnegie Weill Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York, Salle de Pleyel in Paris, and Sejong Music Center in Seoul. He has also performed on national television and radio broadcasts in the United States, France, and Korea. Additionally, Park has participated as a soloist and chamber musician in summer festivals throughout the world, including the Music Festivals of Aspen, Vienna, Music Academy of the West, Grand Teton, and Aix-en Provence.

Highlights in Park's career include his 1989 performance of the Lalo "Symphony Espagnole" with the Seoul Philharmonic. He made his New York debut in 1994 performing Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" in Carnegie Weill Hall. In l996 he was invited to play for the Unification Concert of North and South Korea in the Tisch Art Center in New York. In 1998, he performed both solo and chamber music in collaboration with Augustin Dumay in France; the concert was broadcast nationally by France Musique, France's primary classical radio station. Park is a member of the Lyric Trio, whose members were described by Salt Lake City's Deseret News as being "among the finest chamber musicians performing today."

Park is currently the Assistant Concertmaster of the Utah Symphony. Prior to joining the Utah Symphony, he served as Concertmaster of the Festival D'Art Lyrique de Musique D'Aix-en Provence, the Juilliard Symphony Orchestra, the Festival Orchestra of the Music Academy of the West, and the Indiana University Orchestra. As a concertmaster, he has worked with such artists as Joseph Silverstein, Leonard Slatkin, John Williams, and Robert Mann.