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BlogsRedefining romance: Esther Yoo’s ‘Love Symposium’
With her new album released just ahead of Valentine’s Day, violinist Esther Yoo explores love in its widest sense – from Plato’s ancient philosophies to the bonds of family, friendship, nature and self
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NewsViolinist Esther Yoo to join RCM faculty
Yoo will join the school as violin professor from September 2025
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ReviewConcert review: Esther Yoo (violin) BBC Symphony Orchestra/Clemens Schuldt
Peter Quantrill hears the premiere of Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto at London’s Barbican Hall on 20 March 2024
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BlogsMa Sicong inspires a new violin concerto for Esther Yoo
Ahead of a world premiere on 20 March, the violinist speaks to The Strad about Raymond Yiu’s Violin Concerto, which recalls the troubled life of Chinese musician Ma Sicong
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VideoEsther Yoo’s practice tips: chord pizzicato
Yoo shares how mimicking a guitar pick with the index finger and thumb can help violinists with strumming technique
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ReviewConcert review: Esther Yoo (violin) Yekwon Sunwoo (piano)
Tim Homfray reports on the recital performance at London’s Wigmore Hall on 20 September 2021
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VideoLike father, like daughter: Artist Confidential with Esther Yoo and her dad
In the final episode of violinist Esther Yoo’s series, the tables are turned as Yoo is interviewed by her father Fred Yoo
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NewsDiversity in Artistic Endeavours: Violinist Esther Yoo speaks with Yekwon Sunwoo
’Everything that I do outside of my work as a soloist integrates into who I am as a musician’ - violinist Esther Yoo
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VideoShift in Perspectives & Mental Health: Esther Yoo chats with Julia Bullock
Episode 4 of Artist Confidential with Esther Yoo features the violinist chatting with singer Julia Bullock
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VideoArtist Confidential with Esther Yoo: Episode 3
Violinist Esther Yoo chats to conductor Lina González-Granados
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Premium ❘ ArticleSoundpost: Letters to the Editor September 2021
A selection of letters The Strad receives each month from its readers around the world: September 2021 issue
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FocusEsther Yoo’s instrument and bow
Read violinist Esther Yoo’s personal insights on the tools of her trade
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VideoPhysical and mental health: Artist Confidential with Esther Yoo featuring Miloš
’It’s a paradox, because we are normal human beings, but we are expected not to be normal human beings’ - Esther and Miloš chat about stigmas within the classical music world
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VideoArtist Confidential with Esther Yoo
Our August 2021 cover star Esther Yoo has launched the first episode of her video interview series, featuring cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan
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VideoViolinist Esther Yoo shares her first concert dresses
Our August issue cover star has been performing for most of her life. Here Esther Yoo shows her followers some very small dresses
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FocusEsther Yoo: ‘I try to share my journey so that people are aware of the challenges, not just the fancy end product’
Our August issue cover star Esther Yoo illustrates how she uses social media to share her musical knowledge and dispel the mystique of an international concert career
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Focus‘We aren’t going back to how it was’ - Esther Yoo on being a musician during the pandemic
In this extract from the August 2021 issue, Esther Yoo shares her experience of the sudden silence brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic and how her positive attitude helped her through dark times
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VideoEsther Yoo’s Violin Technique Tips: High Positions on the E-String
Filmed in South Korea, this video - the latest in the American violinist’s series of practice tutorials - walks us through Yoo’s tips on what to do with ‘pesky high E-string passages’.
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VideoEsther Yoo’s Practice Tips: Ricochet (Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto)
Launching a mini-series of video tutorials, the American violinist shares her practice tips on perfecting the ricochet in Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto
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Focus10 ways to motivate yourself to practise during lockdown
The 25-year-old American violinist Esther Yoo shares her tips on getting the get up and go to practise even during a lockdown
