Germany’s next concertmaster is Korean
OrchestrasThe new tenured concertmaster of Neue Philharmonie Westfalen in the north Rhine area is the Korean violinist Sun Shin Keiner.
Originally from Seoul, she studied with Kyung Sun Lee, Andreas Röhn and Günter Pichler.
Congartulation! Her predecessor, Jinwoo Lee, was also Korean, even though he lived in Germany from age 4. He is now concertmaster with the Milwaukee Symphony.
It is strange to me how in Germany, you will always be considered from your country of origin (even after a whole lifetime living there, even when German is the language in which you think).