Kyung-Wha Chung (born in Seoul, South Korea in 1948) is a Korean violinist. Hangul also refers to a word processing application widely used in Korea. ... It has been suggested that Sino-Korean be merged into this article or section. ... The Revised Romanization of Korean (Korean: 국어의 로마자 표기법; 國語의 로마字 表記法) is the official Korean language romanization system in South Korea. ... McCune-Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean language romanization systems, along with the Revised Romanization of Korean, which replaced (a modified) McCune-Reischauer as the official romanization system in South Korea in 2000. ... Seoul is the capital of South Korea and was, until 1945, the capital of all of Korea. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Having begun studying piano at the age of three, she changed instruments to violin at six. She made her debut at nine playing Mendelssohn's violin concerto with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra. Then she went to the United States in 1961 to study at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamian. She also had further studies with Joseph Szigeti and Simon Goldberg. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy at the age of thirty Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, known generally as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) was a German composer of Jewish parentage of the early Romantic period. ... Felix Mendelssohns Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. ... The Juilliard School is a performing arts conservatory in New York City, informally but definitively identified as simply Juilliard, and most famous for its musically-trained alumni. ... Ivan Alexander Galamian (February 5, 1903–April 14, 1981) was one of the most influential violin teachers of the Twentieth Century. ...

In 1967, she won the first place in the Edgar Leventritt competition (sharing the top prize with her colleague Pinchas Zukerman). After her North American debut, her sensational European debut came in 1970, when she played Tchaikovsky's concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra under André Previn. The concerts made her name known to the world. Pinchas Zukerman Pinchas Zukerman (born July 16, 1948) is a noted Israeli violinist, violist and conductor who was appointed Music Director of Ottawas National Arts Centre Orchestra in April 1998. ... The Violin Concerto in D major, Op. ... The London Symphony Orchestra (frequently abbreviated to LSO) is one of the major orchestras of the United Kingdom. ... André Previn, KBE (born April 6, 1930)¹ is a prominent pianist, orchestral conductor, and composer. ...

Chung has collaborated with the world's best conductors such as Sir Georg Solti, André Previn, Claudio Abbado, Sir Simon Rattle, Riccardo Muti, and Charles Dutoit. She has made numerous records with Decca, EMI, and other major record companies, for which she has won prominent record prizes such as Gramophone and Diapason. It has been suggested that Decca Music Group be merged into this article or section. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Edison cylinder phonograph from about 1899 The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded sound from the 1870s through the 1980s. ... The word diapason (pronounced ) is another name for the musical interval of the octave, especially in the context of Pythagorean intervals. ...

She also often performs in a trio with her younger brother Myung-Whun (pianist and conductor) and older sister Myung-Wha (cellist), called the Chung Trio. Myung-Whun Chung (January 22, 1953, Seoul) is a Korean-American pianist and conductor. ...

A number of Korean musicians have followed her into Western classical music (her brother Myung-Hun Chung, cellist Han-na Chang, and top prize winner in the Tchaikovsky competition Yura Lee). She has been awarded the medal of Civil merit by the South Korean government and honored by the Times of London as one of the most important contributors to the British cultural scene.