Karen Gomyo Violin
sponsor: Gilbert Omenn and Martha Darling
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Violinist Karen Gomyo just concluded an exciting 23/24 concert season, including debuts with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig conducted by Semyon Bychkov, the Chicago Symphony with John Storgårds, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Orquesta Sinfónica de Bilbao, and KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul. She also appeared with Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gulbenkian Orchestra Lisbon, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Taiwan Philharmonic, among others.
In February 2024 she returned to the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for the world premiere of “Year 2020”, a Concerto for Violin, Trumpet and Orchestra by Xi Wang, with trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and conductor Fabio Luisi, a project still available to watch on Medici.tv.
For the rest of the summer, Karen appears with the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, followed by a 5-week tour of Asia and Australia.
In the upcoming season Karen makes her debuts with the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra Hamburg, Oslo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, RAI Orchestra Torino, and returns to the Baltimore Symphony and Montreal Symphony, among others.
This fall, Karen records Arash Safaian’s new work “Birdsongs” with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. This multi-disciplinary project is inspired by “The Conference of the Birds” by 12th-Century Persian poet Attar of Nishapur, and touches on ecological and environmental themes. The album will be released on Earth Day 2025 on Apple Music.
Alongside her solo and chamber music activities, Karen is an avid interpreter of Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango music, and has worked with legendary tango pianist and Piazzolla’s former quintet member Pablo Ziegler. Her CD, “a Piazzolla Trilogy”, was released during Piazzolla’s 100th anniversary in 2021. Karen’s new Tango Quintet gives its first concert later this year in Berlin.