Jean Kim

Pianist, educator and choral conductor Jean Sophie Kim has performed as a concerto soloist, recitalist and chamber player throughout the world She has performed at the Alcazar Palace in Seville, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Fine Arts Building in Chicago, and the Banff Centre in Canada, among others.

She holds degrees from the University of Western Ontario and the Manhattan School of Music and is finishing her doctorate from the University of Cincinnati. Her piano teachers include James Tocco, Constance Keene and Sonja Behrens. Her chamber coaches have included Lawrence Lesser, Sylvia Rosenberg and Isidore Cohen of the Beaux Arts Trio. In 2013, she studied conducting with Simon Carrington at his summer workshop. She has worked with singers from The Metropolitan Opera Guild and the Juilliard Opera Center. Ms. Kim has also performed as a summer resident singer and pianist at the Montparnasse Piano Bar in Mykonos, Greece.

She has performed as a chamber pianist in Europe and throughout Canada and the United States. Her piano trio, Trio Dionysus made their New York Recital Debut at Carnegie Recital Hall with American composer Ned Rorem in attendance to hear his work. Last summer she performed in a contemporary music workshop for Eighth Blackbird and Frederic Rzewski. As a soloist she was invited to play at the Seoul National Arts Center with the Seoul Symphony Orchestra in South Korea. In addition to her dedication to music, Jean is studying music that accompanies silent films.