South Korean violinist Ji Won Song, 25, has been awarded First Prize at the 2017 Isang Yun International Violin Competition, in Tongyeong, South Korea. She is a former prize winner of the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition. Song currently studies with Ida Kavafian and Donald Weilerstein at The Juilliard School. Second and Thord Prizes were awarded to Nancy Zhou, 24, and Nigel Armstrong, 27, both from the United States.