Praised by the critics with
comments such as "Literally brought the audience to its feet" (The
Strad, London), "A gorgeous, lush tone" (The Washington Post),
"Great flair and brilliance" (Strings), "Transcendent technical
control" (L'Independant, France), "Gracefully lyrical...Infectious
warmth throughout" (Gazette, Montreal), Mr. Kim has been performing
extensively throughout the North America, Europe, and Korea as soloist with
orchestras such as, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony
Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and with both
South and North Korean orchestras which is unheard of for a South Korean born
American, with conductors Leonard Slatkin, Gerhardt Albrecht, Ianzug Kakhitzhe,
Myung Whun Chung, and Ling Tung. Recently Mr. Kim performed the Paganini
Concerto with the Cape Philharmonic in South Africa, the Mendelssohn Concerto
with the Symphony of the Americas, gave recitals in New York, Florida, and
Washington. He also performs, gives master classes, and teaches at the Green
Mountains Chamber Music Festival, the International Academy of Music Festival,
and the Summit Music Festival to name a few. As a soloist, he is exclusively
managed by Maxim Gershunoff Artists.
Top prizewinner of numerous prestigious international violin competitions
including the Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique
(Brussels, Belgium), Concourse International de Montréal (Canada), Premio
Paganini International Violin Competition (Genoa, Italy), and International
Violin Competition of Indianapolis (USA). Mr. Kim's versatility keeps him as
one of the most sought after violinists with recitals, chamber music, master
classes, and with teaching. With his interest in teaching, he is on the violin
and chamber music faculty at the Mannes College of Music New York since
1991. He is also on the violin faculty
at the Queens College, the CUNY Doctoral program, and at the Columbia
University Teacher’s College.
Graduate of the Curtis
Institute of Music, and subsequently from the
Juilliard School, he was awarded the
D.M.A. degree, the
Petscheck award, the Kreisler award,
the, and the
Concerto Soloist award. Mr. Kim was
awarded the Nan-Pa award from Korea, highest of honors given to a Korean-born
musician. His teachers include Ivan
Galamian, Dorothy DeLay, Josef Gingold, Jascha Brodsky, Felix Galimir, Sally Thomas, KyungWha
Chung, among
others, and also studied Shenkerian Analysis with Dr. Carl Schachter, and Bach
with Edward Aldwell. Dr. Kim is exclusively managed by Gershunoff Artists, LLC
