Violist Han Jaeyun, KNIGA, Placed 2^nd in Tertis and Aronowitz Competition

Violist Han Jaeyun, a former student of the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts (KNIGA), placed second at the Tertis and Aroowitz International Viola Competition. In addition, she was awarded Best Performance of Competition Commission by Kathleen Tagg.

The competition was established to commemorate the British violists Lionel Tertis and Cecil Aronowitz. Initially, the event began as the Tertis Competition in 1980. From 2014 onward, it has expanded to include the Aronowitz Competition, becoming the Tertis & Aronowitz Competition. The Tertis competition is open to participants aged 19 to 30, while the Aronowitz is for those under 18.

Han Jaeyun is the younger sister of cellist Han Jaemin who won the Enescu Competition and became the youngest-ever winner of Isang Yun Competition. Han Jaeyun herself won the 2020 Sunjung Competition. In 2021, she took the first in the Ewha & Kyunghyang Concours. She studies under Prof. Oh Soonhwa and Prof. Lee Hanna. Admitted to the bachelor's degree program at the School of Music, she will begin her studies in the Department of Instrumental Music starting this year.