MICHAEL KIM
PIANO
GALLERY | BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS | CONCERTO | DISCOGRAPHY | LINKS
GALLERY
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BIOGRAPHY
Michael Kim is a gifted pianist and performer. As a soloist and concerto artist, Michael has brought audiences to their feet with his outstanding technique and refined artistry and has been praised by The Globe and Mail for his “consistently high level of professionalism and musicality.”
Mr. Kim is the recipient of a multitude of awards, including the grand-prize of the Canadian Music Competition and the CBC National Radio Competition for Young Performers. He was also silver medallist at the Scottish International Competition in Glasgow and a prize winner in the Leeds and Ivo Pogorelich International Piano Competitions. An artistic scholar, Dr. Kim received his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts from The Juilliard School, where he held the Vladimir Horowitz Piano Scholarship. Upon graduation, Michael quickly took a professorship at Lawrence University's Conservatory of Music in Appleton, WI.
Michael Kim has toured extensively in North America, South America, the United Kingdom and Korea. As a concerto soloist, Michael has performed with the Boston and Cincinnati Pops, the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, the symphonies of Toronto, Vancouver, Victoria, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Regina, Saskatoon, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Oklahoma City, Orchestra London, the Florida Orchestra, and the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His touring history also includes highlights such as being invited to tour Peru with Orchestra Sinfonica de Trujillo and the UK with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the BBC Scottish Symphony.
As a chamber musician, Michael has performed at the festivals of Brevard, Aspen, Banff, Huntsville, and Heifetz (Annapolis, MD) to name a few. He also frequently collaborates with his wife, pianist Kyungran Kim, in a special four hand - one piano program. This coming season will see Michael in concerto with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In addition, he will tour throughout Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces with the music-as-theatre production titled The Schumann Letters.
Michael can be heard on recordings for the Arktos, CRI, and Summit labels. He has recorded three compact discs for Orpheum Masters, featuring the Ballades of Grieg and Chopin, a live recital from Lawrence University, and works of Franz Liszt. Michael's performances are broadcast frequently on the radio networks of CBC, NPR, KBS, Chicago WFMT's Live From Studio One and both BBC Radio and Television.
In August 2008, Dr. Kim was appointed Dean of Brandon University's School of Music, in Brandon Manitoba.
(as of September 2011)
REVIEWS
"Plays with the technical assurance and platform poise of a veteran of the concert circuit."
- THE TORONTO STAR
"It was incredibly exciting and exhilarating, and beautifully balanced."
- THE HERALD, Glasgow
"Kim was most effective and expressive, he has a big technique and a razor-sharp attack."
- THE BOSTON GLOBE
"Kim’s clear, crisp technique and ability to effortlessly ripple through the brilliant passage work stood him in good stead here, the concerto’s steely moments clearly etched and sharply outlined." [Prokofiev Second Concerto]
- THE CALGARY HERALD
"Kim’s solo passages presented a fascinating mixture of jauntiness and introspection. This impressive performance received a well-earned standing ovation from the enthusiastic audience."
- THE PRESS-GAZETTE, Green Bay
"There was a consistently high level of professionalism and musicality"
- THE GLOBE AND MAIL, Toronto
“Kim creates an exciting atmosphere with his dramatically propulsive style and fine sense of pacing.”
- THE WHOLENOTE Magazine
“Kim not so much stole the show as set the joint on fire with his electrifying performance... The standing ovation and audience cheers confirmed that this indeed had been one of those special once-a-season performances.” [Tchaikovsky Concerto]
- THE LEADER-POST, Regina
PREFERRED CONCERTO LIST
2011-2013
Richard Adinsell Warsaw Concerto
Bach Concerto BWV 1056, BWV 1058, BWV 1052 & BWV 1055
Bartok Concerto No. 1
Beethoven All Concerti & The Choral Fantasy
Brahms Concerto Nos. 1 & 2
Chopin Concerto Nos. 1 & 2, Grande
Chopin Polonaise & Andante Spinato
Debussy Fantasie
Fauré Ballade, Op. 19
Franck Variations Symphoniques
Gershwin Concerto in F major & Rhapsody in Blue
Grieg Concerto
Haydn Concerto in D, Hob XVIII/11
William Jordan Concerto for Piano and Strings
Liszt Concerto Nos. 1 & 2,
Liszt Totentanz, Malediction
Mendelssohn Concerto No. 1
Mozart Concerto K. 271, K. 414, K. 466 & K. 467
Poulenc Aubade for Piano and 18 Instruments
Prokofiev Concerto Nos. 2 & 3
Rachmaninov All Concerti & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Ravel Concerto in G major & Concerto for the Left Hand
Saint-Saens Concerto No. 2 & Wedding Cake
Schumann Concerto in a minor
Shostakovich Concerto Nos. 1 & 2
Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds
Strauss Burlesque
Tchaikovsky Concerto No. 1
Recital repertoire available upon request
Master classes and workshops available
Other concerti available upon request
DISCOGRAPHY
Ballads of Grieg and Chopin Orpheum Masters KSP840
Live in Recital (works by Chopin, Stravinsky & Mussorgsky) Orpheum Masters KSP850
Music of Franz Liszt Orpheum Masters KSP880
LINKS
Brandon University School of Music
www.brandonu.ca/music
INSTRUMENTALISTS
Piano
Lucille Chung
Jane Coop
Michael Kim
James Parker
Piano Duo
Anagnoson & Kinton
Bax & Chung
Violin
Martin Beaver
Erika Raum
Bassoon
Nadina Mackie Jackson
Trumpet & Corno
Guy Few
ENSEMBLES
Piano Trio
Gryphon Trio
Trumpet & Bassoon
guy&nadina
NARRATOR
Colin Fox
WORLD MUSIC
Cuban Music Ensemble
Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet
SPECIAL PROJECT
Music-as-Theatre
The Schumann Letters
