Jihyun Baik is a New York based violinist who enjoys musical collaborations, community engagement, and teaching. Born in South Korea, she developed her passion for the violin under the influence of her mother, a dedicated Suzuki teacher. As she grew up in Gwacheon, a small city near Seoul, she performed concerts in her town both as a soloist and a leader of the local youth ensemble at festivals, school events, public libraries, churches, and train stations.

Starting to play the violin at the age of 3, she has performed and received awards from numerous competitions internationally. She has performed as a soloist with the Seoul Royal Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra under maestro Junichi Hirokami. She received first prize in Euroasia International Competition; the “Young and Deserving Competitor Prize” of the 36th Rodolfo Lipizer Competition, and is a laureate of the 2022 Chicago Violin Competition. She was a Semi-Finalist in the 2022 Sendai International Music Competition and participated in the 2022 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. She has participated in numerous festivals, including the Aspen Music Festival, Heifetz Institute of Music Chamber Music Seminar Program, Ishikawa Music Academy, Pacific Music Festival, Pyeongchang Great Mountain Festival, Singapore Violin Festival, and Taos School of Music.

Baik is also an avid chamber musician and a collaborator. Winning first prize in the Seoul Youth Chamber Music Competition, she was subsequently invited to perform in the Seoul Spring Fringe Festival. She was selected for the Esmé String Quartet masterclass held in the Lotte Concert Hall as the first violinist of the Acero string quartet and was heard in the Pacifica String Quartet masterclass at the Aspen Music Festival. At Juilliard, she participated in 2021 New Dances Project, playing the first movement of Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 111 choreographed by Caili Quan, and Nathan Prillaman “Fluency” for string quartet and playback choreographed by Norbert De La Cruz. In 2023, she was invited to join the Heifetz Ensemble in their Residence Holiday Tour, collaborating with violist Paul Neubaeur.

In addition to pursuing her career as a performer, she is passionate about music education for younger generations. She currently serves as a faculty member of Musart Music and is a teaching artist of Harmony Program. With past service as a leader and a coach of Gwacheon Suzuki Ensemble, she was a part of the “Sharing Sounds” project arranging community engagement concerts and producing CDs for the support of people of age. Since 2019, she and her mother launched the brand named SL Music EDU, and have developed hands-on music theory education tools, such as magnetic music notes, music terminology bingo games, and music theory exercises.

After initial studies with her mother, Baik continued her music studies beginning at age 10 at the precollege of Korea National University of Arts, and was accepted into the College through special admissions for gifted students at 16 years old, where she studied with Koichiro Harada, Bonjoo Koo, Namyun Kim, Yoo Kyung Min, Takashi Shimizu. She completed a Master of Music degree at The Juilliard School under the guidance of Joel Smirnoff, and she is currently studying at Manhattan School of Music Pinchas Zukerman Performance Program.