Ignace "Iggy" Jang, violin

The concertmaster of the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra since 1997, Ignace Jang has performed throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.  Mr. Jang has appeared for the Hawai’i Public Radio, the Kauai Concert Association, the Hawai’i Concert Society, the Maui Symphony, Ebb & Flow Arts and Chamber Music Hawaii. Jang is currently a faculty member at the University of Hawai’i,  the Brigham Young-Hawaii University and teaches chamber music at the Punahou School and the Hawaii Youth Symphony.   Mr. Jang was a grand prize winner at the 1989 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition, held in Italy, where he was also the recipient of the Jury’s Special Prize for outstanding musical personality. Jang also won prizes at the Lion’s Club of France Violin Competition and the Eastern Music Festival. He received the early part of his training from Professor Flora Elphege, before entering the class of Gerard Poulet at the Paris Conservatory. In 1985, he obtained the Premier Prix as the youngest laureate of that year. Various grants from the Franco-American Commission and the French Ministry of Culture allowed him to further his studies under the tutelage of Franco Gulli at Indiana University.