Somi Kim

Location:

London
United Kingdom W12

Contact:

+44 7925 411465

Additional Info:

South Korean born New Zealand pianist, Somi Kim graduated this year from the Royal Academy of Music with an Advanced Diploma in Performance, receiving the HRH Princess Alice the Duchess of Gloucester’s Prize for exemplary studentship. Last year Somi gained her Master of Arts with Distinction, receiving a DipRAM and the Christian Carpenter Prize for the Best Recital. Somi is the winner of the Gerald Moore Award for Accompanists, AESS Patricia Routledge National English Song Accompanist Prize, Bromsgrove International Musicians Competition Accompanist Prize, Vivian Langrish Memorial Trust Prize, Thomas Art of Song Accompanist Prize, Major van Someron-Godfery Prize for Accompanists and the Concordia Serena Nevill Prize. Somi received the 6th Pettman/Royal Over-Seas League Arts International Scholarship in 2013, and had her debut with Chamber Music New Zealand last year.

Somi’s chamber group Estrella were winners of the 6th Pettman/Royal Over-Seas League Arts International Scholarship in 2012. Subsequently, she undertook a 6-week tour of the United Kingdom performing at many prestigious venues. They recorded and released their first commercial CD ‘Tui’ with Atoll records in 2013. Somi recently made her debut with Chamber Music New Zealand, completing a 15-concert tour with Mimosa Ensemble. Somi has appeared in public masterclasses with Christian Gerhaher, Wolfgang Holzmair, Stephen Hough, Simon Trpceski, Helmut Deutsch, Florian Boesch, Sarah Connolly, Bengt Forsberg, Pinchas Zukerman and Maxim Vengerov.

Sought after as a chamber musician, song accompanist and répétiteur. Somi is an artist for the Park Lane Group, Kirckman Concert Society, Concordia Foundation and the Worshipful Company of Musicians. Somi is a scholar on the Samling Artist Programme and Georg Solti Accademia, and is a staff pianist at the International Holland Music Sessions.

In recital, Somi’s recent and future appearances include Het Concertgebouw, Slovak Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall, Bridgewater Hall and the Edinburgh Fringe, Ryedale, Kings Lynn and Oxford Lieder Festivals.

Fees

£ 40.00 Pounds Per Hour

Instruments

Piano

Specialisms

Instrumental Accompaniment, Vocal Accompaniment, Vocal Repetiteur

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