Yoojung Kim
Biography Yoojung Kim
Yoojung Kim
Praised for her poetic and dramatic interpretation, New York-based Korean pianist Yoojung Kim is a versatile pianist, improviser, arranger, music director, educator, chamber musician and collaborator.
Yoojung Kim has performed with orchestras throughout the United States and internationally, including the Prague Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Chamber Orchestra, North Hungarian Symphony Orchestra, Wiener Mozart Orchestra, and Korean Symphony Orchestra, and NYU Symphony Orchestra. She has appeared as a soloist and collaborative artist at venues such as Wigmore Hall (London), Sutton Coldfield Town Hall (Birmingham), Konzerthaus (Vienna), Smetana Hall (Prague), Bartók Saal (Budapest), Raum Arts Center (Seoul), Seoul Arts Center (Seoul), Arnoff Center for the Arts (Ohio), Norton Simon Museum, (Los Angeles) National Gallery of Art (Washington), Liederkranz Concert Hall, Oculus Work Trade Center, Steinway Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Merkin Hall (New York). Most recently, she was invited to perform at the newly opened Steinway Hall in Seoul, and was featured at the International Healthcare Metaverse Conference in her own solo arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto, captured in 360-degree video.
Yoojung Kim has garnered critical acclaim for her recent recording release of Scriabin's piano works on the Bridge Records label and received the American Record Guide Critics' Choice Award, 2023. According to the American Record Guide Review (2023), “Yoojung Kim stands out..with Scriabin that is technically rock-solid and well-balanced between the exciting virtuosic moments and the lyrical ones.” Fantare writes “..a virtuoso technique.. the prevalent lyric beauty and poetry..a firm grasp of the music’s architecture and progression..Yoojung Kim possesses all of the necessary attributes.”
A passionate chamber musician and collaborator, she has performed with members of the New York Philharmonic, and collaborated with distinguished artists such as Yehudi Menuhin, Albert Markov, Tania León, Mignon Dunn, among many others. Yoojung Kim is active internationally as a musical director and entrepreneur. She directed an annual summer concert series at the Raum Arts Center (Seoul), and a piano showcase involving multiple venues in New York City (notably, The Oculus and Saint John’s in the Village) in collaboration with Make Music New York Winter Festival, Steinway & Sons, and Music Traveler, for which she serves as an ambassador. She is the founder and music director of MusicY Creative, a creative performance and educational platform. She is also in demand as an educator, most recently presenting masterclasses and lecture-recitals at Steinway Hall, Sangmyung University (Seoul), and Villa Sandra Piano Academy (Verbania).
A student of Nikolai Demidenko and Ruth Nye at the Yehudi Menuhin School, Yoojung Kim was awarded the Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother Scholarship for undergraduate study at the Royal College of Music. She holds a Master’s degree in solo piano performance, a Professional Studies certificate in collaborative piano from the Manhattan School of Music, and a Ph.D. degree in piano performance from NYU Steinhardt.
Yoojung Kim, a Steinway Artist, is currently a member of the Artist Faculty in Piano Studies at NYU Steinhardt.
