Angela Jia Kim, Piano

Biography

Described by critics as "a superb colorist" with playing that is "full of life and fantasy," pianist Angela Jia Kim has delighted audiences around the world in recital, orchestral, and chamber music performances.

Ms. Kim has been engaged in many of the world's great musical centers including New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Paris, Warsaw, Toronto, and Montreal. During the 2004-2005 concert season, she embarked on a 25-city concert tour across the United States featuring works of Schubert, Ravel, Beethoven, Schumann, and Liszt.

Angela Jia Kim's performances have been broadcast on PBS Television, Japan's NHK telecast throughout Asia, CBC Radio nationwide, New York's WNYC, and Washington DCs Voice of America. Recent season highlights include performances alongside Beethoven master pianist Claude Frank. As a result of a 2001 performance in Burgundy, France, Ms. Kim was invited to be the cornerstone guest artist at the Festival Jeune Talents. In 2003, she released her "Dances and Fantasies" debut album (Miro Classical Records) that accompanied a tour throughout North America by the same name. A new album entitled "From Vienna to Paris" (Miro Classical Records) with works of Schubert, Haydn, and Ravel was released in March 2005. She is featured in "Piano Stories: 101 Inspirational Stories from the World's Best Pianists", written by Susan Derby and released earlier this year.

Among her collection of prizes, Angela Jia Kim was honored with the award for Best Interpretation of French Music by the French Piano Institute in Paris, which led to performances of works by Debussy, Ravel, and Poulenc at Salle Cortot in Paris and at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C. She has also been recognized for her interpretations of Mozart by winning the grand prize at the Mozart Festival Competition in Illinois. As a result of her prize-winning performance in the Début Young Concert Artist Competition, Ms. Kim gave a recital that was broadcast across Canada as part of the CBC Radio program, Music from Montreal. In addition, she has been the recipient of awards and grants from the New York Arts Council.

A native of Ames, Iowa, Angela Jia Kim's first musical experiences came at the age of four, studying piano with her mother, Hannah Myung Kim. At eight, she was invited to perform Mozart at an international festival at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre. Her teachers include Marc Durand, Lee Kum Sing, Barry Snyder, and Chiu-Ling Lin. She has also received intensive coaching from master pianist Sergei Babayan. An Eastman School of Music graduate, Angela Jia Kim currently resides in New York City.