Haewon Lim
violin
Haewon Lim, born in 2004, began playing the violin at the age of three. She studied at a centre for gifted students before attending Yewon Arts School. Since 2018, she has been a junior student at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin, where she has also pursued her bachelor’s degree since 2021, studying with Antje Weithaas and Ning Feng. She has received several international awards, including First Prize at the International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, the Ysaye Prize, and Second Prize at the International Violin Competition Kloster Schöntal. In 2017, she appeared in the Kumho Prodigy Concert Series. Haewon has performed with ensembles including DITTO, the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra at the Suwon Hwaseong Music Festival, and the Jena Philharmonic. She has participated in festivals and academies such as the Ishikawa Music Academy and the Great Mountains Music Festival, and has attended masterclasses with internationally recognised violinists.