Eugene Park (born September 14, 1975) is a Korean-American electric violinist.
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Eugene Park was born in New York, to Korean parents who were both doctors. His father graduated from Seoul National University, and died. Park began to play the violin at the age of 3, entered the Juilliard Pre-College at the age of 8. Park has appeared at Lincoln Center at the age of 13.[1] After his graduation from Juilliard in 1996, he released two albums with Sony Music named 'The Bridge' (1997), and 'Peace' (1998).
He was awarded the Juilliard Competition, the Aspen Music School Competition, the ISO Competition and other six competitions.[1]
Among the orchestras Park has performed with the Wayne Symphony Orchestra (he was at the age of 10),[2] the New York Philharmonic (he performed at Kyunghee University in 2004), and the Seoul Symphony Orchestra.
In 2004, he toured 10 cities in USA including Lincoln Center, UCLA, etc.[1]
Eugene Park had performed alongside Michael Jackson on the “Michael Jackson & Friends” benefit concert (1999) in Korea and also for at the Korean National Presidential Inauguration for President Kim Dae Jung.