Heawon Kim

pianist

Ms. Heawon Kim began her auspicious studies in her native Korea and by the age of seven had already performed with the Korea Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic.  She was renowned as the winner of many competitions in Korea and was frequently heard on the radio and seen on television.  While in Korea she appeared yearly with its major orchestras a soloist and was an invited soloist for the opening of the Sejong Hall. In 1972, Ms. Kim came to the North Carolina School of the Performing Arts, where she performed Prokofief’s  second concerto with the orchestra under Nicholas Harsanyi. She was a winner of the Vittorio Giannini Award and the Southeastern Music Teachers Competition while studying with Clifton Mathews.  After her studies with Claude Frank at the Mannes College of Music Ms. Kim went on to earn her Master of Music under Robert Goldsand at the Manhattan School of Music. 

Ms. Kim has performed as soloist with many regional orchestras and noted New York chamber groups such as Pierrot Consort, Colonial Symphony, Rosewood Chamber Ensemble, Bronx Arts Ensemble, New York Virtuosi, Garrett Lakes Festival Orchestra, and North Shore Symphony Orchestra. She is in demand as a major partner for such international artists as Erick Friedman, Sanford Allen, Dennis Brott, and Marion Davies, among others, appearing frequently in important New York venues. As the pianist of many master classes of Erick Friedman, Janos Starker, Josef Gingold, Franco Gulli,  and Tibor Varga, she has command of an unusual amount of instrumental repertoire. Ms. Kim recently joined the faculty of the C.W.Post/Long Island University for an innovative program in instrumental coaching and has been on the faculty of the C. W. Post Summer Chamber Music Festival since 1990. Ms. Kim has been a recitalist for numerous operatic and aria concert events in New York and throughout the United States.

HEAWON KIM

Reviews

“...Very brilliant pianist, her superior quality being her musician­ship, consisting of special maturity, dynamics, and power of expres­sion..”

Seoul National Theater Press Release

 Hankuk Ilbo (_Korea Daily News)

“..An expression of sheer beauty and charm 0 11 (Mozart Sonata)

Dr. George Kehler

Author of “Piano in Concert”

Johnson City Press Chronicle

"...extraordinary pianist.1I

El Porvenir, Monterrey, Mexico

“...Heawon Kim matched her playing to the character of the composi­tions, especially in the revolutionary style of Beethoven whose temperament she profoundly projected.”

El Norte, Monterrey, Mexico

1t...As she kept her eyes on the conductor Nicholas Harsanyi or looked off into space, she delivered blindingly accurate salvos of notes and projected a rhythmic feel and sense of humor that was infectious. She drew bravas, thunderous applause, and a standing ovation that she thoroughly deserved. It

Claudia Sheppard Winston-Salem Journal

“..played with special brilliance..” 11

Jim Shertzer, Winston-Salem Journal

"...This was a beautiful in every way. Miss Kim showed extraordinary control, refined musicianship and ability to com­municate to a large degree." 11

Frances Hall, Manhattan School of Music

"... intelligent, sensitive, refined playing..”

Dalmo Carra, Manhattan School of Music