HYE-JIN KIM
Violinist Hye-Jin Kim leads a versatile career as soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician since her First Prize win at the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition at the age of nineteen and a subsequent win at the Concert Artists Guild International Competition.
Kim has performed as soloist with major orchestras worldwide including the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of Christoph Eschenbach, New Jersey Symphony, New Haven Symphony, BBC Concert (UK), Seoul Philharmonic (Korea), Pan Asia Symphony (Hong Kong), and Hannover Chamber (Germany) orchestras. She has been presented in recital at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, the Kravis Center, Salzburg’s Mirabel Schloss, LeFrak Hall at Queens College’s Copland School of Music and the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society. At the invitation of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, she performed at the U.N. Headquarters in both Geneva and New York and served as a cultural representative for Korea in Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan through concerts and outreach engagements.
An active chamber musician, Kim is a member of the Cooperstown Quartet and has appeared at the Four Seasons, Marlboro, Ravinia, Music from Angel Fire, Bridgehampton, Music@Menlo, Lake Champlain and Manchester chamber music festivals. She has toured the US and England as a member of Musicians from Marlboro and Prussia Cove Open Chamber Music.
Currently, Kim is associate professor of violin at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC and program director of the Four Seasons ECU Summer Chamber Music Institute. Kim’s debut CD, From the Homeland, featuring works by Debussy, Smetana, Sibelius, and Janacek is available on CAG Records. Kim recently founded “Lullaby Dreams” an initiative that brings beauty and humanity to babies and families in NICUs and children’s hospitals through music. Her lullabies and more information about the initiative can be found on www.hyejinkim.com.