Jordan Bak

Jordan Bak is a Jamaican-American violist.

Early life and education Bak graduated from the Juilliard School and the New England Conservatory. and in 2021, he was named a YCAT Robey Artist. He has performed at London's Wigmore Hall, New York's Merkin Concert Hall, Bruno Walter Auditorium, Alice Tully Hall, Boston's Jordan Hall, and Baltimore's Shriver Hall. Pianist Ji Yung Lee appears on the Impulse album, joining Bak on Clarke's Untitled and on Toshio Hosokawa's arrangement of Takemitsu's A String Around Autumn. served as a Visiting Artist and Ambassador for Music Masters in London, The New York Classical Review wrote that "Bak's playing was so constantly involving and impressive that one was drawn to each note and phrase."

Playing viola and mezzo-soprano, Bak appeared in the world premieres of Kaija Saariaho’s Du gick, flög They brought varied timbres to their respective roles which often divided into three primary ranges of high and lofty, warm and tenor-like, and supportive depth and across a textural spectrum. In the second movement, the concertizers traded solos as an alternate approach to three solo violists. Jordan Bak led the consort. Bak and music director Dong-min Kim led the movement's finale.

Awards In 2019, Jordan Bak received the Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize. In the same year, he received the John White Special Prize from the Tertis International Viola Competition.