Siwoo Kim

Siwoo Kim is an “incisive” and “compelling” (Zachary Woolfe, The New York Times) violinist who performs as soloist and chamber musician. Mr. Kim is also the founding co-artistic director of VIVO Music Festival in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. He is the recipient of the 2012 King Award for Young Artists and has been prizewinner of the Corpus Christi, Chengdu, Hellam, Ima Hogg, Juilliard, Schadt, and WAMSO competitions. As a soloist, Mr. Kim made his New York concerto debut at Carnegie Hall and gave the world premiere performance of Samuel Adler’s only violin concerto. Aside from founding his own chamber music festival, Siwoo also founded Quartet Senza Misura. They have taken their “whip-smart performances” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker) from Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center to South Korea, Spain and Venezuela. Mr. Kim studied at the Music Institute of Chicago and Juilliard. Mr. Kim Performs on the 1690 “Stephens” Stradivarius violin on generous loan from Florian Leonhard Fine Violins.