Biography

Born in Budapest in 2006, Jinseok Jeong began playing the cello at the age of five. At the age of eleven, he was accepted into the exceptional young talents program at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, where he studied with Prof. György Déri and Prof. István Varga. He is a scholarship holder at the Academy of Music in Liechtenstein and participates in the academy's intensive weeks and activities.

He won prizes at several international youth competitions, including the Antonio Janigro Junior Competition in Šibenik, the David Popper Competition in Várpalota, and the Jan Vychtil Competition in Prague. As a soloist, Jinseok Jeong has performed with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Zugló Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra. Jinseok is currently studying with Prof. Kian Soltani at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW) since the winter semester of 2023. Additionally, he has attended masterclasses with Frans Helmerson, Miklos Perényi, Reinhard Latzko, Marc Coppey, Wen-Sinn Yang, Claudio Bohorquez, Leonid Gorokhov, and László Fenyo, among others.