Born in Korea, Bo Youp Hwang gave his first violin solo performance with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra when he was twelve.  He went on to study at the University of Seoul.  At the age of eighteen, Mr. Hwang won two prestigious prizes, leading to study with the Fine Arts String Quartet at the University of Wisconsin where he studied violin with Abraham Loft and later won First Prize in the Young Artists Competition.  

Mr. Hwang was assistant concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in1973.  

He has performed on several occasions as a soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra with John Williams and was also active with Francesco String Quartet for many years. Mr. Hwang retired from Boston Symphony after 49 years with BSO at the end of the Tanglewood 2022 season.