Seungyeon Baik

Seungyeon Baik is currently pursuing a master’s degree at the Universität der Künste in Berlin, where she is studying with Jens Peter Maintz. She won first prize at the 2019 David Popper International Cello Competition, second prize at the Vienna Classic Strings and third prize at the Ars Classica Competition. In 2024, she was named a Villa Musica fellow and participated in the NDR Elbphilharmonie Academy. Seungyeon has performed at the Kronberg, Rutesheim, and Kirishima festivals, and has performed as a soloist with the Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra and the KBS Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in masterclasses with Miklós Perényi, Arto Noras, Frans Helmerson, Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt, and Laurence Lesser.