New York’s Best violin guitar duo

Owen and Seoyeon

Acoustic guitar and violin, pop and jazz improvisational duo.

Seoyeon, better known to many as ‘V.OLIN’, is one of the biggest violin influencers to have emerged in South Korea. Now based in New York, she’s built up a reputation as a rising star in the world of jazz violin, with over 90,000 followers on social media and a YouTube view count well surpassing 20M in 2023.

Seoyeon attended Queens College in NYC, studying a Master of Music in Jazz Studies. She also studied classical music at Sungshin Women’s University and at Berklee College of Music.

Seoyeon’s work includes projects with award-winning vocalist Peter Eldridge and pianist Kenny Werner, where they recorded an album titled ‘Somewhere’. She has also collaborated with award-winning pianist Tigran Hamasyan and Grammy-winning tango pianist Pablo Ziegler, and was invited to perform at the American String Teachers Association in Atlanta.

While much of her performance career has revolved around classical music, Seoyeon now finds herself exploring the ‘Gypsy Jazz’ world, where she is routinely playing gigs in the New York area.

Owen is a jazz guitarist and composer based in New York. He holds a Masters Degree from New York University in Jazz performance, with a bachelors degree from UC Berkeley, and has 25+ years of music experience, starting with the violin from age 5.

Owen studied with world renowned jazz guitarists at NYU, including John Scofield, Adam Rogers, Peter Bernstein, and more. In 2019, Owen was a semi-finalist for the international Wilson Center Jazz Guitar competition. He released his debut album of original contemporary jazz compositions titled 'Eternal' with his Quintet.

Owen can be seen locally band-leading his jazz quartet at venues such as Bar Next Door, Laissez Faire, Rockwood Music Hall, and more.