Born and raise in South Korea, Ye Jin Min is a violinist, composer, and multi-disciplinary musician whose work spans classical performance, contemporary music, and creative production. She has appeared internationally as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player across the U.S., Germany, Australia, Austria, Switzerland, Thailand, and South Korea, and has performed at the Lucerne Festival, Spoleto Festival USA, Davos Festival, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Bowdoin International Music Festival. She was a member of the Sydney Symphony’s Sinfonia Orchestra and the New World Symphony. Her competition success includes the first-prize at the Kendall National Violin Competition and the Animato International Violin Competition.
Deeply engaged with twentieth-century and contemporary music, Ye Jin focuses on providing a novel concert experience through interdisciplinary collaborations. Her commitment to creative work led her to found Unboxed Musicians, a contemporary-classical collective established in Miami that develops interdisciplinary projects, composer partnerships, and educational programs. Within Unboxed Musicians, she has directed composition workshops and masterclasses featuring leading composers such as Jennifer Higdon, Michael Abels, Christopher Theofanidis, Anna Clyne, and Martin Bresnick.
Beyond her work with Unboxed Musicians, Ye Jin has performed in new-music projects including New Muses Project and a concert with Caroline Shaw and Gabriel Kahane, and her own compositions have been premiered at the New World Center, the Miami Children’s Museum, and St. Theodul Kirche in Davos. Her work with Unboxed Musicians received the Yale Creative Entrepreneurship Prize at Startup Yale 2025 (unanimous jury decision).
Ye Jin completed her undergraduate studies at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, her master’s degree at Yale University (Yale Alumni Award), and a year of study in Germany with Professor Ulf Hoelscher. She is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Yale School of Music, studying violin with Syoko Aki and composition with Christopher Theofanidis.
Beyond classical music, she is also active as a singer-songwriter and producer.
