Canadian violinist Karen Gomyo won the 1997 Young Concert Artists International Auditions just one week after her fifteenth birthday. The following year she became the youngest artist ever to be presented in the Young Concert Artists Series in New York, in a critically-acclaimed debut as recipient of the Summis Auspiciis Prize.

Gomyo has performed as soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Residentie Orchestra of the Hague, Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa.

Her festival appearances include the Ravinia Festival, the Aspen Music Festivals in Aspen and Japan, Usedom Music Festival in Germany, and the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York.

Summer 2007 marked her Los Angeles Philharmonic return to the Hollywood Bowl under the baton of Leonard Slatkin.