SoJin Kim
As a very active soloist and a chamber musician in New York City, Ms. Kim has performed in New York City’s most prestigious concert halls such as the Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and Alice Tully Hall, where she made her Lincoln Center Solo Debut with the Juilliard Orchestra in 2006.
Starting the piano at the age of three, and the violin at the age of eight, Ms. Kim won the gold medal at the Korean National Children’s Music Competition at the age of nine. Presenting her first solo recital at the E. Desmond Lee Concert Hall, and having the honor of playing for maestro Hans Vonk and the Whitaker Society at Powell Symphony Hall at the age of twelve, she has won numerous prizes including the prize of Saint Louis Music Educator, first prize at the Moon-Wha-Il-Bo Competition in Korea, the first prize at the Montreal Classical Music Festival Competition, and was a top laureate at the 2007 Stradivarius International Violin Competition.
As a chamber musician, Ms. Kim has especially worked closely with the members the Juilliard String Quartet, and the Emerson String Quartet, as well as collaborations with artists such as Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
Ms. Kim has studied with David Halen, Nam-Yoon Kim, Eleonora Turovsky, David Kim, and Hyo Kang.
Ms. Kim has earned her Bachelor of Music Degree at The Juilliard School, and is currently enrolled in the school’s Master of Music Program with Cho Liang Lin and Naoko Tanaka as a recipient of the Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship and the Juilliard Alumni Scholarship.
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