Biography

Featured on the CBC Canada's “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30", South Korean-born violinist David Baik is devoted to expressing intimate emotions through his instrument and creating a profound connection with his audience.

He is the recipient of numerous distinctions, including the 2023 Peter-Mendell Award from the Jeunesses Musicales Canada Foundation, Grand Prize at the 2021 NAC Bursary Competition, consecutive First Prizes at the 2016 and 2017 Canadian Music Competition, Sturdevant Prize, Gerhard Kander Graduating Award, Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Fellowship, and the Gabriella Dory Prize. He was also named a laureate of the 2023 Canada Council Musical Instrument Bank Competition.

As a soloist, David has performed with orchestras including Sinfonia Toronto, Toronto Summer Music Festival Orchestra, Durham Chamber Orchestra, North York Symphony Orchestra, Ottawa Youth Orchestra, among others. In the 2026 season, he will tour South America as a soloist with the Canadian Virtuoso Ensemble, performing Vivaldi's The Four Seasons.

A passionate chamber musician, David has performed with esteemed artists such as Peter Bruns, Helene Clement, Dover Quartet, Charles Richard Hamelin, Jennifer Koh, Andrew Wan, Desmond Hoebig, and Jonathan Crow. Additionally, his former string quartet received multiple distinctions, including the 2024 Schiermonnikoog Festival Audience Award and the Grand Prize at the 2023 McGill Chamber Music Competition, and toured extensively throughout the Netherlands. Beginning in the 2026 season, he will join the Dior Quartet, winner of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Competition.

David obtained his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto, where he studied with Jonathan Crow, and continued his training at the Schulich School of Music under Andrew Wan as a fellowship recipient. For the 2024/25 season, he was a member of the Rebanks Family Fellowship and International Residency Program at the Royal Conservatory of Music. He has made appearances at the Geneva International String Academy, Toronto Summer Music festival, Schiermonnikoog Festival, Netherlands String Quartet Academy, McGill International String Quartet Academy, and the Trondheim String Quartet Academy.

He plays on the 1871 Vuillaume violin ('Messiah' Strad) generously on loan from the Canada Council for the Arts. 

 

For Inquiries: davidbaik7@gmail.com

 

 

Updated 2026