Ellen Jung's Website Ellen is a member of the Jung Trio — sisters Jennie, Ellen, and Julie — "a spectacular group with wonderful musicality at their fingertips," one of the notable rising young ensembles of today. The trio has appeared in concerts all across North America as well as around the world. Winners of the Grand Prize at the 2002 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition and the Bronze Medal at the 2002 Fischoff Competition, the Jung Trio has been featured in The Strad, Strings, and Auditorium (Korea) magazines, in broadcasts and on television. Born and raised in Toronto, they received their early music training at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Highlights from the past seasons include performances of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with the State Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan in Kazan, Russia, in Los Angeles with the Korean Symphony Orchestra, and in Toronto with the Korean-Canadian Symphony Orchestra, engagements in Korea, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Toronto. The Jung Trio has appeared at numerous festivals and was a Trio-in-Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 1998. In the summer of 2007, the Jung Trio was selected and featured as iPalpiti Debut Artists in its annual Festival of International Laureates in Los Angeles. As a soloist, Ellen has been featured with the Korean-Canadian Symphony, North York Symphony, and University of Toronto Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, to name a few. A frequent performer of new music, Ellen premiered a work of Canadian composer Lusiana Lukman "A" for Solo Violin, which was written for her in 1998; and the world premiere of the Trio for Horn, Piano, and Violin by Norwegian composer Trygve Madsen at the International Horn Summit in Banff. Ellen received Bachelor of Music at University of Toronto (under Lorand Fenyves and David Zafer) and Master of Music and Artist Diploma from Yale School of Music. In 2000, she was the recipient of a Chalmers Award from the Ontario Arts Council. She has taught at the Classical Conservatory of Music in Toronto, Yale School of Music, and currently teaches both privately and at Opus 119 – The School of Music in Irvine, CA.

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