About
Ein Na is a 17-year-old violinist from Brisbane, Australia, studying under the guidance of Natsuko Yoshimoto. She made her concerto debut at the age of 9 with the Queensland Korean Orchestra. By age 10, in 2019, she was touring Europe as a soloist with the Tagiev Chamber Orchestra and won the Brisbane International Youth Music Festival. That year, she received the Pamela Dowsett Memorial Bursary from Dr Robin Wilson and participated in a masterclass with him. The following year, 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 with Australian wood. 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. She also won the Queensland Symphony Orchestra’s 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.
In 2024, 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 is a dedicated chamber musician, and her string quartet, The IncrediBows, won first place in the 2025 Musica Viva Strike A Chord National Chamber Music Competition. Ein also achieved 3rd prize in the Hengqin International Mozart Competition for Young Musicians 2025. Ein previously studied under the late Spiros Rantos.
