Born in Tokyo and beginning her musical career in Montréal and New York, violinist Karen Gomyo has recently made Berlin her home. A musician of the highest calibre, the Chicago Tribune praised her as "…a first-rate artist of real musical command, vitality, brilliance and intensity".
Read biographyFebruary 2020
“Karen Gomyo, making a spectacular debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, managed it triumphantly. The opening lament poured out of her in an unbroken wave of controlled energ...
December 2019
Making her debut with Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Karen Gomyo brought in the New Year alongside Cristian Macelaru and the Roncalli Circus. Alongside the circus, Karen performed pi...
May 2019
Karen Gomyo simultaneously made her Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Festival Hall debuts performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto under the baton of frequent collaborator Jakub Hrůša....
“…deeply serious, temperamental and just plain gorgeous… always with a clear sense of the music’s rhythmic pulse and sonic perspectives.” – Toronto Globe & Mail