Stefan Jackiw is one of America’s foremost violinists, captivating audiences with playing that combines poetry and purity with impeccable technique. Hailed for playing of “uncommon musical substance” that is “striking for its intelligence and sensitivity” (Boston Globe), Jackiw has appeared as a soloist with the Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco symphony orchestras, among others.

In the 2025–26 season, Stefan Jackiw returns to the Pittsburgh Symphony for Korngold’s Concerto, the Baltimore Symphony for Beethoven’s Triple Concerto alongside Inon Barnatan and Hayoung Choi, conducted by Jonathan Heyward, and the Indianapolis Symphony for Berg’s Violin Concerto. He launches the Austin Symphony’s season with Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2, which he also performs later with the Vancouver Symphony. Jackiw joins the Seoul Philharmonic and Mei-Ann Chen for Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. In winter 2026, he opens the Laguna Beach Music Festival with three consecutive concerts featuring a varied repertoire, including Janáček’s Kreutzer Sonata. He also performs Dvořák’s Concerto with the Kansas City Symphony.

Jackiw is set to make his debut at London’s iconic Southbank Centre in a highly anticipated special trio project with cellist Alisa Weilerstein and pianist Inon Barnatan. He continues touring with Junction Trio with engagements at Chamber Music Sedona, Sanford-Hill Piano Series, Noe Music, Caramoor, Jacksonville Symphony, and additional dates to be announced. As a recitalist, he returns to Montclair State University, Denver Friends of Chamber Music, Harvard University, Friends of Music Sleepy Hollow, and The Rockefeller University, with additional performances to be announced.

Jackiw’s 2024-25 season highlights include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Suwon Philharmonic, Pasadena Symphony, The Florida Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic and the Jacksonville Symphony. He continued touring with Junction Trio, returning to the 92NY stage with a program including the world premiere of a new work by John Zorn and performing at Rockefeller University.

Jackiw opened his 2023-24 season returning to the New York Philharmonic to perform the Barber Concerto with Jaap van Zweden. His season also included a quadruple World Premiere of new works at Roulette, performances with the Taiwan Philharmonic, China National Symphony, and the Junction Trio’s highly praised debut at Carnegie Hall.

Jackiw tours frequently with his musical partners, pianist Conrad Tao and cellist Jay Campbell, as part of the Junction Trio. In 2021, Jackiw performed a new Violin concerto, written for him by Conrad Tao and premiered by the Atlanta Symphony and Baltimore Symphony. He also enjoys collaborating with pianist Jeremy Denk with whom he recorded the complete Ives Violin Sonatas on Nonesuch Records. The album was universally lauded by critics, with The New Yorker’s Alex Ross naming Jackiw’s performance “a new standard.” In 2019, he recorded Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Inon Barnatan, Alisa Weilerstein, Alan Gilbert and Academy St. Martin in the Fields.  He has also premiered David Fulmer’s concerto Jauchzende Bögen with Matthias Pintscher and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen at the Heidelberger Frühling.

Jackiw has performed in numerous major festivals and concert halls around the world, including the Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Festival, Caramoor International Music Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Festival, the Philharmonie de Paris, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Celebrity Series of Boston, and the Washington Performing Arts Society.

Born to physicist parents of Korean and Ukrainian descent, Stefan Jackiw began playing the violin at the age of four. His teachers have included Zinaida Gilels, Michèle Auclair, and Donald Weilerstein. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University, as well as an Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory, and is the recipient of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant. Jackiw plays a violin made by Domenico Montagnana “ex. Rossi” c. 1730, generously loaned by a private foundation. He lives in New York City.

Photo credit: Diego Redel

Ashley Yoon is a 22-year-old violinist and passionate chamber musician from Charleston, South Carolina. A recent graduate of The Juilliard School, she earned her Bachelor of Music under the tutelage of Joseph Lin as a recipient of the prestigious C.V. Starr and Malino Scholarships. She is currently pursuing her Master of Music degree at the Yale School of Music under the tutelage of Soovin Kim. Ashley also serves as the inaugural Artist-in-Residence for INTEMPO, a Stamford, Connecticut-based nonprofit dedicated to empowering immigrant and underserved communities through music.

An active and versatile performer, Ashley was selected as a fellow for the 2025 Bowdoin International Music Festival and previously attended the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in 2023 and 2024, as well as the Taos School of Music in 2022. She is a member of Charles Neidich’s WA Sinfonietta chamber orchestra through the Artena Foundation and has appeared in leadership roles as concertmaster of the Shepherd School Symphony under Jerry Hou and during Yale’s Chorale Week. While at Juilliard, she was featured in multiple performances of Brahms’s Sextet No. 1 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ashley’s accolades include winning the American Protégé International Competition of Romantic Music, which led to an invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2019. As the winner of the 2019 DeKalb Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, she performed Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 with the orchestra.

Beyond the concert stage, Ashley is deeply committed to interdisciplinary work connecting music, human rights, law, and writing. At Juilliard, she served as group leader for both the Gluck Community Engagement Fellowship and Hire Juilliard Performers, bringing music to underserved communities throughout New York City while also coordinating performances for high-profile clients including Rémy Martin Cognac and a Grammy Award-winning artist. She currently teaches through the Yale Music in Schools Initiative, reflecting her ongoing dedication to music education and public service.