Eric Seohyun Moon is a Korean Violist who is making his unique path as an artist with his own artistic language. From Renaissance to contemporary music, Eric’s interest spans the whole classical music era and also dedicated to deliver the intentions of the composer. He is a student of Prof. Tabea Zimmerman at the HfMDK Frankfurt and a scholar of Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.

Mr. Moon was awarded in numerous major competitions; 1st prizes of Dong-a Music Competition, Music Association of Korea as well as 1st prize at the 24th “Gaetano Zinetti” International Competition in Italy and was a finalist of the 74th Prague Spring International Music Competition and won the Czech Music Fund Foundation Prize. He participated to the ‘Verbier Festival Academy’ and ‘Villars Music Academy’ and took masterclasses from Antoine Tamestit, Lawrence Power, Lars Anders Tomter, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Nils Mönkemeyer etc.. As a solo player, He has played with the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, Hradec Králové Philharmonic Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra and made numerous recitals in Korea, Germany and in Italy.

From 2020 to 2022, He was a member of “Abel Quartet” and developed his musical career also as a string quartet player, playing in numerous concerts and Festivals such as Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Tongyeong International Music Festival, Seoul Spring Chamber Music Festival etc.. He has been selected of the 1st Henle Kammermusik-Akademie led by Jens-Peter Maintz and has been invited to Pohang International Music Festival and Selbold Klassik Festival and played with artists such as Ib Hausmann, Wolfgang Redik, Yura Lee, Novus Quartet and Amatis Trio and many more.

He is also a dedicated orchestral musician playing at the Berliner Philharmoniker as a guest player to tours in Salzburg, Luzern, London and Baden-Baden Osterfestspiele as well as hr-Sinfonieorchester European Tour. And from 2022-2024, Mr. Moon was a scholar of “Karajan-Akademie” of the Berliner Philharmoniker mentored by Ulrich Knörzer. He has also appeared as guest player in orchestras such as Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, hr Sinfonieorchester, Badische Staatskapelle etc..Apart from a passionate musician, Mr. Moon is also an entrepreneur, being the founder of “ClasscialMusicMatters” on Instagram.

He is currently playing on “Haiko Seifert, Plauen 2010” Viola generously loaned by Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben.