Jason Moon

B. 1999, USA

Jason Moon studied at the renowned Juilliard School with Li Lin and attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College Program with Wei He. He studied at the Colburn Conservatory under Martin Beaver until 2024.

Jason Moon gained extensive orchestral experience as concertmaster of the Colburn Orchestra and the Colburn Baroque Ensemble. He has also performed with the Juilliard Orchestra, the Mount Vernon Virtuosi and the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Moon has given numerous solo recitals, including appearances with the Colburn Orchestra, solo recitals at the Juilliard School and at the Vivace Music Festival. He has also performed as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Peninsula Symphony.

His awards include first prize at the Hellam Young Artists' Competition and the Hennings-Fischer Young Artist Competition as well as first places at several international competitions.

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

Esa-Pekka Salonen
Lachen verlernt (Laughing Unlearnt) (2002)

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 30 No. 1

Camille Saint-Saëns / Eugène Ysaÿe
Caprice d’après L’Etude en Forme de Valse, Op. 52

SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, movement 1 & 2

Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai

SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement

Olivier Messiaen
Thème et variations for Violin and Piano, Thème – Modéré

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber
Passacaglia in G minor for Solo Violin 'The Guardian Angel'

Maurice Ravel
Vocalise-étude en forme de Habanera (arr. Théodore Doney)

Richard Strauss
Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18

FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77