Fabiola Kim

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Fabiola Kim
파비올라 김
Born (1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 33)
New Jersey, U.S.
Other namesKim Hwa-ra (김화라)
Education Juilliard School (BM, MM) Colburn School (AD)
OccupationAssistant Professor of Violin
Employer University of Michigan
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Website fabiolakim.com

Fabiola Kim (born March 21, 1991) is a Korean-American violinist. A professor of violin at the University of Michigan, she is also on the faculty at the Colburn School, Center Stage Strings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Innsbrook Institute. She is co-founder and co-artistic director of the Sounding Point Academy along with her former teacher Robert Lipsett.

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Early life and education

Kim was born on March 21, 1991, in New Jersey. Her mother is a violinist and her father is pianist Kim Dae-jin. [1] [2] Her family moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1994. She began her studies at the Korea National University of Arts pre-college. [3] At 13, Kim moved to New York City and attended the Juilliard School pre-college program. [4] From 2006 to 2010 her teacher was renowned violinist Kyung Wha-Chung. [5] [6] Kim earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the Juilliard School studying with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. [7] She received an artistic diploma from the Colburn School studying with Robert Lipsett where she also served as his teaching assistant. Kim was the concertmaster for both the Juilliard and Colburn orchestras. [8]

Professional career

Kim made her concerto debut at the age of seven with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. [1] [2] [3] [8] [9] She has since performed with orchestras and artists including the Berliner Symphoniker, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Hoffer Symphoniker, cellist Lynn Harrell, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and conductors Alan Gilbert and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others. [1] [2] [3] [8] She has won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Competition, the Juilliard Concerto Competition, and is the youngest winner of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s Concerto Competition in its history. [1] [2] [3] In 2017 Kim represented South Korea at the Brucknerfest in Linz performing Barber's Violin Concerto. [10] [11] She accepted the position of assistant professor of violin at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in January 2020. [12]

In 2019 Kim released a CD titled “1939” with the Munich Symphony and Kevin John Edusei which includes concertos by Béla Bartók, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and William Walton all composed in the year 1939. Matthew Rye, former chief sub-editor of BBC Music Magazine and a reviewer for The Strad, said of the recording, "Kim gives a heartfelt performance that taps its emotions as much as it exploits its unashamed playfulness, and again there’s vigorous, characterful orchestral support. This, then, is a highly satisfying concerto collection, all in excellently recorded sound." [13] The same year, the orchestra and Kim continued their collaboration with a tour to South Korea where she performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. [3]

Kim plays on the 1733 "Huberman, Kreisler" Stradivarius violin. [10] [11] [14]

Discography

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