Michelle Kim, Piano

Biography

Pianist Michelle Kim is captivating the attention of audiences throughout the United States and abroad for her unique blend of pianistic power, poetry and striking stage presence. Described as "an artist of intense passion and profound sincerity," Ms. Kim has performed solo recitals and concerts with orchestras in Korea, Italy, the United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Central America and throughout the United States, including soloist appearances with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra, the Livingston Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Catania.

In recent seasons, Ms. Kim gave her critically acclaimed New York debut at Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall). Other recent highlights included a benefit concert performance for the former Prime Minister of South Korea and a televised concert with the Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Catania in Italy. Ms. Kim's performances have been televised in South Korea, Italy and the United States, and broadcast on radio stations in New York, California, Florida, and on National Public Radio.

Michelle Kim's upcoming seasons include performances in the "Sunday's Live" series at LACMA in Los Angeles which will be broadcast live on K-Mozart in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Internationals in West Palm Beach, Florida, Festival des Claviers en Poitou, France, and at the Roundtop Center for the Arts in Maine.  

Born in Seoul, Korea, Michelle Kim began her musical studies at age four. At age ten, she gave her orchestral debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra which led to her return engagement with the orchestra in a nationally televised concert. Ms. Kim was awarded the YMF scholarship at The Colburn School of Performing Arts where she was a student of John Perry. She continued her musical studies at The Juilliard School where she was the recipient of the Arthur Rubinstein Award. She has garnered top prizes in national and international competitions including the Leschetizky Piano Competition, the Bartok-Kabalevsky-Prokofiev International Piano Competition and the Vincenzo Bellini International Piano Competition.

Ms. Kim earned her Bachelors and Masters of Music from The Juilliard School where she studied under Joseph Kalichstein and Oxana Yablonskaya. She also studied with Temuri Akhobadze. She currently resides in New York City.