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.
Michael 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. 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. A very experienced musician, he has been praised by The Globe and Mail for his “consistently high level of professionalism and musicality.” Dr. Kim's touring history has included such highlights 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 Brevard, Aspen, Banff, Huntsville, and Heifetz (Annapolis, MD) festivals to name a few. He frequently collaborates with his wife, pianist Kyungran Kim, in a special four hand - one piano program. This coming season will see Michael continue his concerto and recital appearances across Canada and the US as well as his involvement with the music-as-theatre production entitled The Schumann Letters. 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, Canada.
(as of October 2009)
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
2010-2011
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
Wonny Song*
Piano Duo
Anagnoson & Kinton
Violin
Martin Beaver
Alexandre Da Costa*
Erika Raum
Cello
Kaori Yamagami
Bassoon
Nadina Mackie Jackson*
ENSEMBLES
Piano Trio
Gryphon Trio
Trumpet & Bassoon Duo
guy&nadina*
Violin & Piano Duo
Da Costa & Song*
NARRATOR
Colin Fox
WORLD MUSIC
Indian Ghazals & Punjabi Folk Songs
Kiran Ahluwalia*
Cuban Music Ensemble
Luis Mario Ochoa Quintet*
SPECIAL PROJECT
Music-as-Theatre
The Schumann Letters*
*First AKAM Season