Ein Na

About

Ein Na, a 15-year-old violinist from Brisbane, Queensland, is a student at Somerville House, where she studies under Natsuko Yoshimoto. She made her concerto debut at the age of 9 with the Queensland Korean Orchestra. By 10, in 2019, she was touring Europe as a soloist with the Tagiev Chamber Orchestra and won the Brisbane International Youth Music Festival. In 2021, she earned her LMusA Diploma with Distinction and won the Diploma Section of the AUSTAQ Concerto Competition. That year, she received the Pamela Dowsett Memorial Bursary from Robin Wilson, and participated in a masterclass with him. The following year, at 13 years old, she won the 47th John Curro National Youth Concerto Competition.

In 2023, Ein won first prize in the Kendall National Violin Competition, receiving a concert violin crafted by master luthier Michal Prokop. That same year, she performed in the Young Virtuosi Concert for the 4MBS Festival of Classics and appeared as a concerto soloist with the Brisbane Symphony Orchestra at Brisbane City Hall. She also won the QSO Young Instrumentalist Prize and attended the Heifetz International Music Institute Summer Program. Representing Queensland’s 4MBS Classic FM, she won the National Young Virtuoso of the Year Award for musicians under 25, presented by the Australian Fine Music Network. 

As a dedicated chamber musician, her string sextet, Take Six, achieved second place in the 2024 Musica Viva Strike A Chord National Chamber Music Competition. In the same year, she participated in a masterclass with Maxim Vengerov and performed as a soloist with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre and the Gold Coast Home of the Arts. Ein previously studied under the late Spiros Rantos.