Stasevska & Yang

Inmo Yang is a violinist of rare depth and poetic insight, recognized internationally for his compelling sound, emotional precision, and remarkable technique. Hailed by The Boston Globe for his »seamless technique and a tender warmth of tone,« Yang has emerged as one of the most distinctive violinists of his time.

The 2026/27 season sees Inmo Yang return to the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Gulbenkian Orchestra, as well as several debuts lined up with the Luxembroug Philharmonic, Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and Pacific Symphony in the USA. In the fall, he returns to the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra in their Helsinki home with Eva Ollikainen and on tour in Korea with their Chief Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste.

Yang’s solo career has brought him to major stages around the world, performing with the New York Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, SWR Symphonieorchester, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Münchner Symphoniker, Dresdner Philharmonie, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Danish National Symphony Orchestra among others. He has collaborated with many of today’s most esteemed conductors, including Marin Alsop, Myung-whun Chung, Roberto Gonzales-Monjas, Hannu Lintu, Tianyi Lu, Fabio Luisi, Jonathan Nott, Eva Ollikainen, Sakari Oramo, Kristiina Poska, John Storgårds, Osmo Vänskä, and Jaap van Zweden.

He first captured global attention by winning the 2015 Premio Paganini Competition in Genova — the first prize awarded since 2006 — where he also received special distinctions for best performance of a contemporary piece and audience favorite. In 2022, he further solidified his standing with the First Prize at the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Helsinki.

Inmo released his second Deutsche Grammophon album The Genetics of Strings in 2021. His debut album — 24 Caprices by N. Paganini — was recorded live as part of the Kumho Art Hall residency and released under the same label in 2019.

Inmo studied with Namyoon Kim at Korea National University of Arts, Miriam Fried at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, and Antje Weithaas both at Kronberg Academy and Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik in Berlin, where he currently resides in.

Inmo Yang plays a violin made by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù in Cremona in 1743, known as the »Carrodus,« on generous loan from a member of the Stretton Society.

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO) was highlighted by the renowned national newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung as the “orchestral think tank” among the capital city’s orchestras. It is characterized by the rich dramaturgy of its concert programmes, its commitment to contemporary music and regular discoveries of repertoire, as well as the courage to pursue unusual music presentation formats. The DSO has set innovative impulses with electro projects, the production of extraordinary music films, interdisciplinary cooperation and collaboration with ensembles on the independent scene. With its moderated casual concerts including lounge and live act, it has been successfully building a bridge between club and classical music for over 15 years, reaching a broad and diverse audience. Since 2014, it has been bringing amateur musicians together with professionals to form Berlin’s largest spontaneous orchestra, the ‘Symphonic Mob’ – a concept that is now also licensed throughout Europe.

In the 2023/2024 season, the DSO attracted worldwide attention with a feminist music policy initiative under the motto ‘No Concert Without a Female Composer!’; in 2024/2025 it underlined the positioning for an open society and the advocacy for marginalized groups in various concert programmes with the campaign ‘Orchestra for Democracy’. The DSO remained true to this self-image in the 2025/2026 season: under the title ‘Afrodiaspora – Composing While Black’, it became the first orchestra worldwide to place the music of Black composers at the centre of its programming, commissioned new works, and presented cellist Abel Selaocoe as “Artist in Focus”.

With its many guest performances, the DSO is present on the national and international music scene. The orchestra has performed in recent years in Brazil and Argentina, in Japan, China, Malaysia, Abu Dhabi and Eastern Europe, as well as at major festivals such as the Salzburg Festival or BBC Proms. The DSO also has a global presence with numerous award-winning CD recordings. In 2011, it received the Grammy Award for the world premiere recording of Kaija Saariaho’s opera ‘L’amour de loin’ conducted by Kent Nagano.

Founded as the RIAS Symphony Orchestra in 1946, it was renamed the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin in 1956 and has borne its current name since 1993. Since its inception, the DSO has been able to retain outstanding artist personalities. As the first Music Director, Ferenc Fricsay defined the standards in terms of repertoire, acoustic ideal and media presence. In 1964, the young Lorin Maazel assumed artistic responsibility. In 1982, he was followed by Riccardo Chailly and in 1989 by Vladimir Ashkenazy. Kent Nagano was appointed Music Director in 2000. Since his departure in 2006, he has been associated with the orchestra as a Conductor Laureate. From 2007 to 2010, Ingo Metzmacher, from 2012 to 2016, Tugan Sokhiev, and from 2017 to 2024, Robin Ticciati set decisive accents in the musical life of the capital. They will be succeeded by the Japanese Kazuki Yamada, who will lead the DSO as Music Director from the start of the 2026/2027 season.

The Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin is an ensemble of the Radio Orchestra and Choirs gGmbH (ROC Berlin). The shareholders are Deutschlandradio, the Federal Republic of Germany, the State of Berlin and Radio Berlin-Brandenburg.