Sangyoung Kim

Biography

Graduated from the Korean National University of Arts in Seoul. She studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston (USA) under Profs. Wha Kyung Byun and Russell Sherman. She is currently studying for a doctorate. In 2006 she won the Heida Hermanns Competition in Connecticut (USA). In 2008 won the international competition held by Bösendorfer in Arizona and also received a special prize. In 2013 she was a prize winner at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels. She has appeared with many famous orchestras, including the National Orchestra of Belgium and the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia among others. She has played solo programmes in concert halls in the USA: the Norris Cultural Arts Centre in Illinois, Jordan Hall at Harvard University in Boston, and Kennedy Centre in Washington. Her latest disc was released in 2014 by Albany Records.