Sangjin Kim & Kyu Yeon Kim Duo Recital
 
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 Program

R.Schumann / ‘Märchenbilder’ for Viola & Piano, Op.113

Jeajoon Ryu / Sonata for Viola & Piano (2021 / 2026)

J.Haydn/ Divertimento for Viola & Piano

J.Brahms/ Sonata for Viola & Piano, Op.120, No.1
 
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 Viola Sangjin Kim

“a poised, appealing performer with rock-solid technique, warm, powerful, variable tone and a simple, direct expressiveness”

 - Strings Magazine

Critically acclaimed violist Sang-Jin Kim has won several solo and chamber music competitions internationally. He travels throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in more than 70 performances a year. Recent engagements include appearances at the Paris Salle Gaveau, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Carnegie hall, Lincoln center, 92nd Y, Kennedy Center, Ravinia, and Schoenberg Hall among others. He was invited to the Marlboro, Aspen and Musicmountain, Rheingau, Villa Musica and Mach-art, Prague Spring, Cervo festivals and the international Musician's Seminar at Prussia Cove.

A former member of the International Sejong Soloists and Kumho Asiana String Quartet, Sang-Jin is frequently invited as soloist with major symphony orchestras in Korea. He is a founding member of the newly formed M.I.K. Ensemble which is widely anticipated as the vibrant quartet of leaders of the classical music scene. Upon receiving the Presidential Award in 2001, a highest civilian award in Korea, he was subsequently designated as an Embassador of Culture in honor of his achievements. Since then, he performed in many parts of the world including Africa, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Southern Asia in fulfillment of this duty.

Mr. Kim first received musical instructions from his father who was previously the principal violist of Linz Bruckner Symphony orchestra in Austria. He later studied at the Cologne Musik Hochschule in Germany with Rainer Moog and with Samuel Rhodes at the Juilliard school. He is now a professor of viola performance at the Yonsei University in Seoul.

Piano Kyu Yeon Kim

Kyu Yeon Kim is among the prize winners of the Dublin International Piano Competition (2nd Prize, Concerto Prize, Mozart Prize), Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition (Laureate), Cleveland International Piano Competition (4th Prize, Mozart Prize), Gina Bachauer International Young Artists Piano Competition (1st Prize), Geneva International Music Competition (Special Prize), Missouri Southern International Piano Competition (2nd Prize) and Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition (1st Prize).

Kyu Yeon has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia in such venues as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Severance Hall, BOZAR, Jordan Hall, Seoul Arts Center, the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, New World Center in Miami, Penderecki European Centre for Music, TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht and Opera de Rennes.

She has appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras, including the Philadelphia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, New World Symphony, National Orchestra of Belgium, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra and the RTE National Symphony Orchestra. As an avid chamber musician, she has collaborated with Arto Noras, Roberto Diaz, Ralf Gothoni, Michel Lethiec, Ju-Young Baek and Elina Vahala and was invited to perform at the Casals Festival in France, Emanacje Festival in Poland, Great Mountains Winter Festival, Seoul Spring Festival, and Seoul International Music Festival. 

Born in Seoul, Kyu Yeon Kim studied at the Korea National University of Arts with Choong-Mo Kang and later at the Universität der Künste in Berlin with Klaus Hellwig, at the Curtis Institute with Gary Graffman, and at the New England Conservatory with Russell Sherman. She studied at prestigious International Piano Academy Lake Como and earned Artist Diploma at the Cleveland Institute of music under the guidance of Sergei Babayan. She is pursuing a doctorate degree at the Manhattan School of Music with Solomon Mikowsky. 

Her debut album Rameau & Schubert was released by DUX label in Poland and distributed by NAXOS in the United States in 2017. She is a member of Opus Ensemble and a music director of Young Classical Artists Foundation. Currently, she is an assistant professor of piano at Seoul National University.