SMS: Junqi Sophie Tang & Abigail Koo

Sunday Music Series artists: 

Junqi Sophie Tang is an assistant professor of music at Western Michigan University and former violin faculty of the University of Toledo School of Music. She was invited to serve on a distinguished panel of judges for the 2022 New York Laureate International Music Competition and 2021 Hong Kong International Violin Competition & Chamber Music Competition. She is the founder and artistic director of the Hantong International Summer Music Festival as well as the music director of the Cincinnati Music and Arts Society. She has been a First Prize winner in the 2021 Golden State International Music Competition and 2019 Hong Kong International Music Festival. She also won an excellence in performance award at the 2016 Schoenfeld International String Competition.

Acclaimed for her artistry as a solo pianist, chamber musician, orchestral violinist, and conductor, Abigail Koo has performed in major concert halls such as Carnegie Weill Hall, Carnegie Isaac Stern Hall, 92nd Street Y, Cami Hall, Alice Tully Hall, New York Steinway Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall. She received a doctoral degree in instrumental conducting Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, was formerly an Assistant Professor at Sahmyook University, an Assistant Teaching Professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and an Associate Instructor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Abigail Koo will be accompanying Sophie Tang on the piano.

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