David Kim, viola
Hailed for his "rich, freely sweeping expression" and "keen sense of storytelling" by The Strad magazine, Korean-American violist David Kim is quickly becoming recognized as one of the most compelling musicians of his generation. As first-prize laureate in the Ninth Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition on the Isle of Man, he recently made his UK recital debut at Wigmore Hall, where he premiered Darkness Draws In by British composer David Matthews. He has garnered additional top prizes at the William Primrose and Irving M. Klein competitions as well as distinctions at the Geneva and Walter W. Naumburg Competitions. Mr. Kim made his New York concerto debut at Avery Fisher Hall with the Juilliard Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton and has also appeared with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.
As a member of The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's prestigious Chamber Music Society Two, Mr. Kim has championed important new works, resulting in the New York premiere of Tigran Mansurian's Duet for Viola and Percussion and the world premiere of Mario Davidovsky's Piano Septet. He has also participated in a "Live From Lincoln Center" PBS broadcast of Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht and Brahms' G Major String Sextet, which aired in January, 2008. He has collaborated with such artists as Miriam Fried, Gary Hoffman, Marina Piccinini, Fred Sherry, Wu Han, Edgar Meyer, and members of the Borromeo and Guarneri string quartets, and will continue this season in performances with Midori, David Finckel, Nancy Allen, Gilbert Kalish, and Paul Neubauer. Other chamber music engagements have included Ravinia's Rising Stars Series, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and his numerous festival appearances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Steans Institute for Young Artists, Verbier Academy, Music@Menlo, Takefu International Music Festival, Taos School of Music, and Music Academy of the West. In addition he is a member of the Iris Chamber Orchestra and has toured the United States and Europe with the International Sejong Soloists.
Mr. Kim is a recipient of the 2007-08 Fulbright/Swiss Government Arts Grant and currently resides in Switzerland as a pupil of Nobuko Imai at the Conservatoire de Musique de Geneve. He has also attended the Eastman and Juilliard Schools as well as the New England Conservatory where his teachers include Kim Kashkashian, Carol Rodland, Samuel Rhodes, and Zvi Zeitlin.
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