In Mo Yang CAG Winner

Congratulations to In Mo Yang ’17, a student of Miriam Fried, who was named the first prize winner in the 2014 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition held in New York last week. His prize carries with it the Victor and Sono Elmaleh Award of $5,000 as well as two years of concert management and a New York recital.

Born in Seoul, Korea in 1995, Yang is pursuing a Bachelor of Music at NEC where he is the recipient of the Laurence Lesser Presidential Scholarship. He has previously won second prize in the senior division of the 2014 Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists and fourth prize at the 2012 Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover in Germany.

Founded in 1951 and held annually for instrumentalists (age 30 and under), singers (age 35 and under) and chamber ensembles performing classical and non-traditional repertory, the CAG competition seeks to discover, nurture & promote young musicians. Over the past 60 years, it has helped several hundred young musicians start careers from the heart of the tradition to the cutting edge. Notable alumni artists include violinist Jennifer Koh, clarinetists David Krakauer and David Shifrin, flutists Carol Wincenc and Marina Piccinini, Imani Winds, the Grammy-winning ensembles eighth blackbird, Pacifica and Parker String Quartets, and MacArthur Fellow flutist and arts entrepreneur Claire Chase.