Born in Cherry Hill, NJ, violinist Abigail Hong is in her second year of doctoral studies at the CUNY Grad Center with Mark Steinberg. She graduated with her Master’s degree at The Juilliard School and was awarded the Benzaquen Career Grant and graduated as the Presser Foundation Scholar of her undergraduate class at The New England Conservatory. A dedicated chamber musician, Abigail won top prizes at the Fischoff and Plowman Chamber Music Competitions and studied with members of the Cleveland, Emerson, Brentano, and Guarneri Quartets. As an educator, Abigail taught at City College Academy of the Arts, Harvard University Quad Program, the Music Advancement Program at Juilliard, and Juilliard Pre-College. Abigail’s recent performances include world premieres by Thomas Ades, Tyshawn Sorey, and Rebecca Saunders as Concertmaster of the Verbier, Lucerne, and Spoleto Festival Orchestras. Most of Abigail’s summer season is spent in Europe where she has performed in the Berlin Philharmonie, Musikverein, Concertgebouw, Konzerthaus Berlin, Festpielhaus Baden-Baden, KKL Luzern, Kölner Philharmonie, and many others.  Abigail has performed at numerous festivals including Gstaad Menuhin, Donaueschingen, Berliner Festpiele, Verbier, Lucerne, Spoleto, Norfolk, Yellow Barn, Taos, Music@Menlo, and Pablo Casals. She regularly plays with The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and San Francisco Ballet and Opera Orchestras. Her earliest teachers include Amy J. Lee and Soovin Kim, and most recent studies are with Catherine Cho. Abigail plays a Mario Miralles violin and Benoit Rolland bow on generous loan through the Maestro Foundation.