Karen Gomyo

Karen Gomyo is one of today’s leading violinists, acclaimed for her artistry, poise, and passionate performances. Her 2025–26 season features returns to the New York Philharmonic, National Symphony Orchestra Taiwan, and Rome’s Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, alongside debuts with the SWR Symphonieorchester Stuttgart and the Malaysian Philharmonic. Recent highlights include performances with the Chicago Symphony, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and the Czech Philharmonic. A champion of living composers, Gomyo has given U.S. premieres of works by Samy Moussa and Matthias Pintscher, and also premiered a chamber concerto by Samuel Adams commissioned for her by the Chicago Symphony. She is a noted interpreter of Astor Piazzolla’s nuevo tango, and released A Piazzolla Trilogy on BIS Records in 2021. Born in Tokyo and raised in Montreal and New York, she studied under Dorothy DeLay at The Juilliard School and later with Mauricio Fuks and Donald Weilerstein. She also served as violinist and narrator for the NHK documentary The Mysteries of the Supreme Violin.