Biography
of CHIN KIM
featured
in "BEETHOVEN UNLIMITED" Concert
Saturday, October 2, 2004
at 8:00 pm AND
Sunday, October 3, 2004 at 3:00 pm, Kaul Auditorium, Reed College
CHIN
KIM is one of the most versatile and sought-after young violinists today,
concertizing extensively throughout North America, Asia, and Europe.
As
guest artist he has appeared with orchestras in Philadelphia, St. Louis, Montréal,
and Atlanta with conductors like Leonard Slatkin, John Nelson, Myung Whun Chung,
and Sixten Ehrling and has performed in major halls of New York, Boston, Philadelphia,
Chicago, Montréal, Toronto, Brussels, and Seoul.
Mr.
Kim is the recipient of the Nan-Pa Prize awarded by the Nan-Pa Foundation in
Korea, which is one of the highest honors given to a Korean-born musician. He
graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music and, subsequently from the Juilliard
School where he received the Petschek Award, and won the Concerto Competition
which led to the performance of the Glazunov Concerto with the Juilliard Philharmonia
in Lincoln Center. With his busy performing schedule, he also teaches at the
Mannes College of Music in New York. His major teachers include Dorothy DeLay,
Ivan Galamian, and Josef Gingold.
Top
prizewinner in several of the most prestigious international violin competitions
including the Concours International de Musique de Montréal, the Queen
Elisabeth Competition, the Paganini Competition, and the International Violin
Competition of Indianapolis, Mr. Kim's recent concerts include the performance
of Bernstein's Serenade with the Atlanta Symphony, Barber Concerto with Wayne
Chamber Orchestra, and the Glazunov Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic.
Mr.
Kim's debut recording of Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in g minor with the
St. Petersburg Philharmonic (Russia), under the baton of Paul Freeman, and the
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D Major with pianist David Oei, was released on the
ProArte/Fanfare label. His second CD consisting of the Mendelssohn c minor,
and the Tchaikovsky Piano Trio with the "Starr-Kim-Boeckheler Piano Trio"
was released on the Mastersound label, and his most recent CD, the Glazunov
and Tchaikovsky Concertos was recorded and released by Intersound/Fanfare label
in the fall of 1995, following the performances of the Concertos with the Moscow
Philharmonic in the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, all to high critical acclaim.
