Chin kim
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Chin Kim is a Korean-born American classical violin
ist, largely educated in the United States
through the Juilliard School
, and the Curtis Institute of Music
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, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
, Czech Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
, and with both South and North Korean orchestras with conductors Leonard Slatkin
, Gerhardt Albrecht, Ianzug Kakhitzhe, Myung-whun Chung
, and Ling Tung. Kim also performs, gives master classes, and teaches at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, the International Academy of Music Festival, and the Summit Music Festival.
He is active as soloist with orchestras, as violinist in recitals, chamber music, master classes, and as a teacher. He teaches the violin, viola, and chamber music at the Mannes College of Music
New York
. He is also on the violin faculty as associate professor at the Queens College, the Aaron Copland School of Music
, the CUNY Doctoral program, and at the Columbia University
Teacher’s College.
) displays same appealing qualities" "A gorgeous, lush tone", "Great flair and brilliance", "Transcendent technical control", "Gracefully lyrical...Infectious warmth throughout",
, Prokofiev 2nd Concertos, and the Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 (conductor Paul Freeman, with orchestras St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, and with pianist David Oei) have been released by ProArte/Intersound to high critical acclaim "Performing each with consummate technical ease, attractive tone, and an excellent lyrical sense", "Fully in command of his instrument and musically assertive. The Sonata is a superior example of perceptive chamber music collaboration", "Kim's rich, golden tone is a real treat...no doubt many great singers would envy Kim's lovingly phrased and songful performance...easy recommendation". The Starr-Kim-Boeckheler Piano Trio (with pianist Susan Starr
, cellist Ulrich Boeckheler) released the Mendelssohn
Piano Trio in c minor, and the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
in a minor with the Mastersound/Allegro.
in 1979, and subsequently from the Juilliard School
1989, he was awarded the D.M.A. degree, the Petscheck award, the Kreisler
award, and the Concerto Soloist award. Mr. Kim was awarded the Nan-Pa award from Korea, which is highest of honors given to a Korean-born musician. His teachers include Ivan Galamian
, Dorothy DeLay
, Josef Gingold
, Jascha Brodsky
, Felix Galimir
, Sally Thomas, Kyung Wha Chung, among others, and also studied Schenkerian Analysis
with Dr. Carl Schachter
, and Bach
with Edward Aldwell
.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist, largely educated in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
through the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, and the Curtis Institute of Music
Curtis Institute of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. According to statistics compiled by U.S...
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Activities
Chin Kim performs extensively throughout the North America, Europe, and Korea as soloist with orchestras such as, the Philadelphia OrchestraPhiladelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal is a symphony orchestra based in Montréal, Québec, Canada, with Montréal's Place des Arts as its home.-History:...
, Czech Philharmonic, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Robert Spano has been its music director since 2001...
, and with both South and North Korean orchestras with conductors Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Slatkin
Leonard Edward Slatkin is an American conductor and composer.-Early life and education:Slatkin was born in Los Angeles to a musical family that came from areas of the Russian Empire now in Ukraine. His father Felix Slatkin was the violinist, conductor and founder of the Hollywood String Quartet,...
, Gerhardt Albrecht, Ianzug Kakhitzhe, Myung-whun Chung
Myung-Whun Chung
Myung-whun Chung is a South Korean pianist and conductor.His sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and cellist Myung-wha Chung, and he at one time performed together as the Chung Trio. He was a joined second-prize winner in the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Chung studied conducting at...
, and Ling Tung. Kim also performs, gives master classes, and teaches at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, the International Academy of Music Festival, and the Summit Music Festival.
He is active as soloist with orchestras, as violinist in recitals, chamber music, master classes, and as a teacher. He teaches the violin, viola, and chamber music at the Mannes College of Music
Mannes College of Music
Mannes College The New School for Music is The New School university's music conservatory. While the university's main campus is located in Greenwich Village, New York City, Mannes maintains its main academic building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan....
New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He is also on the violin faculty as associate professor at the Queens College, the Aaron Copland School of Music
Aaron Copland School of Music
The Aaron Copland School of Music is one of the oldest and most distinguished departments at Queens College, founded when the College opened in 1937....
, the CUNY Doctoral program, and at the Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
Teacher’s College.
Reviews
His performances were quoted by the critics with comments such as; "Performing each with consummate technical ease, attractive tone, and an excellent lyrical sense. His pianist, (David OeiDavid Oei
David Oei is a classical pianist .Oei was born in Hong Kong, into a family that had emigrated from Amoy , Fujian in 1934 to open a branch of The China & South Sea Bank founded by his great grandfather Oei Ik-Tjoe...
) displays same appealing qualities" "A gorgeous, lush tone", "Great flair and brilliance", "Transcendent technical control", "Gracefully lyrical...Infectious warmth throughout",
Competitions
Chin Kim was prizewinner in many international violin competitions including at the Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique (Brussels, Belgium) 1985, Concourse International de Montréal (Canada) 1983, Premio Paganini International Violin Competition (Genoa, Italy) 1990, and International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (USA) 1986.Recordings
Chin Kim made CDs of the Tchaikovsky, GlazunovAlexander Glazunov
Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov was a Russian composer of the late Russian Romantic period, music teacher and conductor...
, Prokofiev 2nd Concertos, and the Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 (conductor Paul Freeman, with orchestras St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Moscow Philharmonic, and with pianist David Oei) have been released by ProArte/Intersound to high critical acclaim "Performing each with consummate technical ease, attractive tone, and an excellent lyrical sense", "Fully in command of his instrument and musically assertive. The Sonata is a superior example of perceptive chamber music collaboration", "Kim's rich, golden tone is a real treat...no doubt many great singers would envy Kim's lovingly phrased and songful performance...easy recommendation". The Starr-Kim-Boeckheler Piano Trio (with pianist Susan Starr
Susan Starr
-Biography:She began her studies with Eleanor Sokoloff at age four. She later entered the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Rudolf Serkin until her graduation in 1961...
, cellist Ulrich Boeckheler) released the Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelson is a Polish/German Jewish family name, meaning "son of Mendel", Mendel being a Yiddish diminutive of the Hebrew given name Menahem, meaning "consoling" or "one who consoles".Mendelssohn is the surname of a number of people:...
Piano Trio in c minor, and the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio
Piano trio
A piano trio is a group of piano and two other instruments, usually a violin and a cello, or a piece of music written for such a group. It is one of the most common forms found in classical chamber music...
in a minor with the Mastersound/Allegro.
Education and awards
Graduate of the Curtis Institute of MusicCurtis Institute of Music
The Curtis Institute of Music is a conservatory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that offers courses of study leading to a performance Diploma, Bachelor of Music, Master of Music in Opera, and Professional Studies Certificate in Opera. According to statistics compiled by U.S...
in 1979, and subsequently from the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
1989, he was awarded the D.M.A. degree, the Petscheck award, the Kreisler
Kreisler
Kreisler may refer to:* Fritz Kreisler, Austria-born American violinist and composer* Georg Kreisler, Austrian-American German-language cabarettistFictitious persons* Johannes Kreisler, character from various novels by E.T.A. HoffmannSee also...
award, and the Concerto Soloist award. Mr. Kim was awarded the Nan-Pa award from Korea, which is highest of honors given to a Korean-born musician. His teachers include Ivan Galamian
Ivan Galamian
Ivan Alexander Galamian was an influential Armenian violin teacher of the twentieth century.He was born in Tabriz, Iran, but his family soon emigrated to Moscow, Russia. Galamian studied violin at the School of the Philharmonic Society there with Konstantin Mostras until his graduation in 1919...
, Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay
Dorothy DeLay was an American violin instructor, primarily at the Juilliard School.She was born in Medicine Lodge, Kansas.-Career and education:...
, Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold
Josef Gingold was a Russian-Jewish-born classical violinist and teacher, who lived most of his life in the United States...
, Jascha Brodsky
Jascha Brodsky
Jascha Brodsky was a Russian-American violinist and teacher.Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire, he began his violin studies with his violinist father at the age of six. He later studied at the conservatory in Tbilisi, Georgia, and by 1926, was performing successfully all over the Soviet Union...
, Felix Galimir
Felix Galimir
Felix Galimir was an Austrian-born American-Jewish violinist and music teacher.He studied with Adolf Bak and Simon Pullman at the Vienna Conservatory from the age of twelve and graduated in 1928. With his three sisters he founded the Galimir Quartet in 1927 to commemorate the 100-year anniversary...
, Sally Thomas, Kyung Wha Chung, among others, and also studied Schenkerian Analysis
Schenkerian analysis
Schenkerian analysis is a method of musical analysis of tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker. The goal of a Schenkerian analysis is to interpret the underlying structure of a tonal work. The theory's basic tenets can be viewed as a way of defining tonality in music...
with Dr. Carl Schachter
Carl Schachter
Carl Schachter is an American music theorist, renowned as arguably the most influential Schenkerian analyst since Schenker himself. He studied with Felix Salzer, who was later co-author with Schachter of the influential text, Counterpoint in Composition. He received the B.S., from the Mannes...
, and Bach
Bạch
Bạch is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Bai in Chinese and Baek, in Korean.Bach is the anglicized variation of the surname Bạch.-Notable people with the surname Bạch:* Bạch Liêu...
with Edward Aldwell
Edward Aldwell
Edward Aldwell was an American pianist, music theorist and pedagogue....
.
External links
- http://chinkim.com
- http://www.musicacademyonline.com/performers/kim.php
- http://www.webconcerthall.com/interview/chin.htm
- http://www.portlandchamberorchestra.com/2004-2005%20season/Artists%20and%20Composers/chin_kim.htm
- http://video.aol.com/video-detail/ravel-sonata-3rd-movement-chin-kim-violin-david-oei-piano-mannes-faculty-recital-05-11-11/2416402770/?icid=VIDLRVHOV04
- http://www.uvm.org/gmcmf/concerts/facultyseries.html
- http://www.alibris.com/search/music/upc/675754552824
- http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/Nov04/Moon.htm