Julin Cheung

Julin Cheung, from Seattle, entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2020 and studies flute with Jeffrey Khaner. All students at Curtis receive merit-based, full-tuition scholarships, and Mr. Cheung is the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Fellow.

Mr. Cheung joined the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra at age nine and has since participated in several music festivals, including the Galway Flute Festival, Curtis Summerfest flute program, and Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. Most recently, he was a guest artist for the 2022 Slovenian Flute Festival and was featured on an episode of NPR’s From The Top. In the summer of 2023, Mr. Cheung toured North America as a part of the tenth anniversary season of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America.

As a soloist, Mr. Cheung has received numerous awards in local and international competitions, notably first prizes in the Severino Gazzelloni International Flute Competition, the National Flute Association’s High School Soloist Competition, and the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia’s Collegiate Artist Competition. He has also received Young Artist awards from the Seattle Symphony and Seattle’s KING-FM and a gold medal from the Young Artist Competition of Vancouver Symphony Orchestra in Washington state. Mr. Cheung has appeared as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Cheung began playing the flute at age six and previously studied with Demarre McGill, Jeffrey Barker, Zart Dombourian-Eby, and Mary MacRae. He has performed in masterclasses for Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway, Jasmine Choi, Emmanuel Pahud, Julien Beaudiment, Marina Piccinini, Patrick Williams, Francesco Loi, Donna Shin, Davide Formisano, Kersten McCall, Chelsea Knox, and Judy Dines.

Complementary to his flute studies, Mr. Cheung plays violin, and enjoys skiing, hiking, and photography in his spare time.