Sulki Yu

Sulki Yu is the concertmaster of Orchestra Victoria, a position she has held since 2021; Sulki was previously principal first violin at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. A prize winner at the 2006 Menuhin Competition, Sulki studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London under David Takeno and furthered her studies under Augustin Dumay at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elizabeth in Brussels. She has appeared as a soloist with prestigious European orchestras, collaborating with among others Mark Gorenstein, Joji Hattori, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Philippe Herreweghe. Her debut recitals at Wigmore Hall and Southbank Centre garnered critical acclaim. In chamber music, she founded the Fournier Trio, with which she won the 2013 Parkhouse Award.