Biography
An exceptional talent from a young age, Eun made her concerto debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of 13 and scooped up numerous national and international competition prizes before completing her Masters at the Royal College of Music in London. During that time, her emerging presence on the international concert stage drew the attention of the world- renowned cellist, Natalia Gutman, who took Eun under her wing and mentored her closely for 7 years in Florence and Vienna. Alongside her performances, Eun now maintains a busy teaching schedule, specialising in the development of talented school-age musicians and currently holds principal teaching posts at the Yehudi Menuhin School and Royal College of Music Junior Department.
Since arriving in London to study at RCM in 2011, Eun has performed recitals in numerous venues around London with different projects including the Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House, Cadogan Hall, Southbank Centre, Kings Place, St. James’ Piccadilly and Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall amongst other esteemed venues in England, Italy, Germany, Austria, and South Korea.
Eun was selected to give recitals for the Kumho Prodigy series at Kumho Art hall which led to recitals at Munho hall, at a reception for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and Maestro Lorin Maazel, and at the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Awards. In 2013, Eun played Britten’s Cello Suite for “Britten at the RCM” at Britten Theatre and the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre for The Rest is Noise Festival.
Appearances as a concerto soloist include performances with the Serbia Radio & TV Orchestra, French Chamber Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic, Daegu Philharmonic, Seoul Symphony & Sejong Philharmonic.
In December 2022, Eun made a successful debut as guest principal cello with the Birmingham Royal Ballet for their world-famous production of the Nutcracker at the Birmingham Hippodrome. Her collective of solo cellists in South Korea, <Cello Project>, regularly sells out concerts at the Seoul Arts Centre.
Eun studied at the Korea National University of Arts with Professor Myung-Hwa Chung, Kangho Lee and Hyoung Won Chang under a full scholarship and graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in music aged 18. She completed her Masters in Performance graduating with Distinction in 2013, also completed her Artist Diploma in Performance in 2014 studying with Professor Alexander Boyarsky at the Royal College of Music, London.
From 2011 to 2015, Eun had the honour of studying in a very small class with the world-renowned cellist, and student of Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Gutman, first part-time (alongside her studies at RCM) at the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole and then continuing as a full-time student at Konservatorium Wien from 2014-16.