Siwoo Kim is an “incisive” and “compelling” violinist (The New York Times) who “plays with stylistic sensitivity and generous tonal nuance” (The Chicago Tribune). Siwoo actively performs as soloist & chamber musician and he is the founding co-artistic director of VIVO Music Festival in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra, he has gone on to perform as soloist with orchestras in four different continents. As a chamber musician, Siwoo was trained at the Marlboro Music Festival and performs at chamber music series and festivals all around the world.
An advocate of new music, Siwoo premiered and recorded Samuel Adler’s violin concerto with the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt on Linn Records and VIVO Music Festival annually co-commissions new chamber music works with Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain. Last season, Siwoo recorded and released the premiere recording of Michael Torke’s Last — a 12-movement concerto for violin and string orchestra — on Ecstatic Records with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).
“Notable fire &impassioned playing.
Siwoo received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Juilliard School where he studied with Robert Mann and Donald Weilerstein. He went on to complete a two-year fellowship at Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program.
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Last
Michael Torke · Siwoo Kim, violin · East Coast Chamber Orchestra · Ecstatic Records
Siwoo was born into a family of music educators in South Korea, and they immigrated to the USA for Siwoo’s musical education.
Having enjoyed the privilege of studying under legendary pedagogues at world-renowned institutions, teaching is a responsibility that Siwoo does not take lightly. Presently, Siwoo teaches privately in New York City, and his students have been admitted to institutions such as Aspen Music Festival, AlpenKammerMusik, Yellow Barn, Manhattan School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, and the Saint Lawrence String Quartet Seminar, among others.
Siwoo’s pedagogy has been influenced by
The Juilliard SchoolM.M. 2014
Donald WeilersteinRonald Copes
The Juilliard SchoolB.M. 2012
Robert MannDonald Weilerstein
Music Institute of Chicago
Roland and Almita Vamos
Programs
The Marlboro Music Festival and SchoolYellow Barn Music FestivalCarnegie Hall: Ensemble Connect (Class of 2016)
