Violinist Josephine Chung is the 2025 recipient of the Australian National Academy of Music’s Eva Besen AO Scholarship to attend the Karajan-Akademie of the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Open to current musicians and ANAM alumni under the age of 27, the scholarship facilitates a two-year position for an outstanding violinist or cellist to attend the prestigious Karajan-Akademie in Berlin, honing their orchestral skills in classes and individual lessons, as well as performing alongside members of the Berliner Philharmoniker in rehearsals and concerts.

Chung will commence her two-year position on 1 September, 2025.

Josephine Chung. Photo © Sharon Gertner

Chung is based in Berlin, having previously lived and studied in the USA, Australia and Europe. She is studying a Master of Music at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin under Suyeon Kang. Previously, she graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and she completed her studies in Australia at the Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) in 2022.

From 2021-2024, Chung was the first violinist of the Affinity Quartet which won major prizes at the 2022 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the 2022 International Mozart Competition, and won the 2023 Melbourne International...