Violinist Tiffany Kang joined the North Carolina Symphony at the start of the 2023/24 season and the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra in the summer of 2024. A Southern California native, she earned both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, studying under renowned violinist Martin Beaver.
During her time at Colburn, Kang served as concertmaster of the Colburn Orchestra in a dynamic performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall under the baton of Maestro Stéphane Denève. She also curated and performed in a program with the Colburn Baroque Ensemble, collaborating with harpsichordist, organist, and musicologist Dr. Ian Pritchard. A 2019 winner of the LACO–Colburn Conservatory Strings Mentorship Mock Audition, she went on to perform a concert with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra under Jaime Martín.
Kang is a passionate chamber musician and has shared the stage with esteemed artists including Marc Coppey, the Takács Quartet, Andy Akiho, David Geber, Rachel Podger, and Martin Beaver. She has performed with Frank Morelli at the Sarasota Opera House and with Scott St. John in Colburn’s Beethoven 250 series. She was a core member of the Colburn Baroque Ensemble and a frequent performer with Kontrapunktus, an ensemble specializing in Baroque repertoire.
She has appeared in recital at the Gindi Auditorium at the American Jewish University, and her solo accolades includes third prize at the 2013 Schoenfeld International Competition, finalist honors at the 2011 Mondavi Young Artists Competition, and a performance at Carnegie Weill Hall as a winner of the American Protégé International Strings Competition. At age 11, Kang made her solo debut with the San Fernando Valley Orchestra. In her formative years, she studied with the late Alice Schoenfeld, Danielle Belen, and Sam Fischer.
She is focusing her efforts on building her studio and hopes of imparting the same inspiration, dedication, and love for classical music that she received when she first started her musical journey. Outside of music, Kang enjoys cooking Korean food, taking long walks, and humorously embracing her love of golf—especially when it involves double, triple, or quadruple bogeys.
