"Kim was most effective and expressive... he has a big technique and a razor-sharp attack." was how Richard Dyer of the Boston Globe described pianist Michael Kim’s debut performances with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall. Recent seasons have included concerto appearances with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony, Boston and Cincinnati Pops, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and repeated appearances with the symphonies of Toronto, Vancouver, London, Edmonton, Victoria, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Florida, Fox Valley, Oklahoma City, Green Bay, and Milwaukee, and numerous others. With these orchestras, he has performed over 60 concerti ranging from the keyboard concerti of J.S. Bach to Stravinsky’s Capriccio.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Dr. Kim has performed repeatedly in every major Canadian city, and throughout the U.S., U.K., South America, and Asia. He has also been a featured soloist at the summer festivals of Brevard, Aspen, Banff, Huntsville, Niagara, and Heifetz, and his live performances and recordings are frequently broadcast on the radio networks of CBC, NPR, BBC, KBS, and Chicago’s WFMT Live From Studio One. Dr. Kim has also toured for Piano Six (now Piano Plus), most notably as a last minute replacement for Marc Andre Hamelin, a tour which received enthusiastic reviews and acclaim. In demand as an adjudicator and masterclass clinician, he also frequently collaborates with his wife, pianist Kyung Ran Kim in performances throughout the Midwest, Canada, and Korea.
A recipient of countless awards, Dr. Kim was silver medalist in the 1992 Scottish International Competition in Glasgow, and a prize winner in the Leeds and Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competitions. He was also grand prize winner of the Canadian Music and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation National Radio Competitions, and Canada Council’s prestigious $20,000 Career Development Award.
He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Juilliard School. Dr. Kim can be heard on critically acclaimed recordings for the Arktos, CRI, Summit and Orpheum Masters labels. In recognition of his contribution to the Lawrence community area, Dr. Kim was recipient of the Fox Valley Arts Alliance Sam Napuck Award for "outstanding achievement by an artist in the performing, visual, and/or literary arts."
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Contact by e-mail: michael.i.kim@lawrence.edu