Sunwook Kim

This is a Korean name; the family name is Kim.
Sunwook Kim
Born April 22, 1988
Seoul, South Korea
Occupation Pianist
Korean name
Hangul 김선욱
Revised Romanization Gim Seonuk
McCune–Reischauer Kim Sǒnuk

Sunwook Kim (born in Seoul, 1988) is a South Korean pianist living in London. He came to international recognition when he won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006.

Early life

Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea on 22 April 1988. He began studying the piano at the age of three. He gave his debut recital aged ten and this was followed by his concerto debut two years later. He won the Leeds International Piano Competition aged just 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner. Kim's performance of Brahms Piano Concerto in D minor with The Hallé and Sir Mark Elder in the competition's final won unanimous praise from the press, and led to concerto engagements with UK's finest orchestras as well as various recitals around Europe.

At the time of the competition, Kim was a student at the Korea National University of Arts under Daejin Kim. He had also previously won the IX Ettlingen Competition and the XVIII Concours Clara Haskil. He was awarded the Artist of the Year prizes from the Daewon Cultural Foundation (2005) and Kumho Asiana Group (2007).

He has received MA degree for conducting from Royal Academy of Music in 2013.

Career

He has established a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation, appearing as a concerto soloist in the subscription series of some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra (John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Harding), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (Myung-Whun Chung), Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (Marek Janowski), Tokyo Philharmonic, NDR Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony, (Sakari Oramo, Andrew Manze, Tugan Sokhiev), Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen (Paavo Järvi), Philharmonia Orchestra (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Juraj Valčuha, Edward Gardner), London Philharmonic (Vassily Sinaisky), Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France (Myung-Whun Chung, Kwamé Ryan), NHK Symphony (Karl-Heinz Steffens), Hamburger Symphoniker (Guy Braunstein), Hallé Orchestra (Mark Elder), the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra(Kirill Karabits), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and the Aspen Festival Orchestra.

In 2013, Kim made his debut at the BBC Proms with Bournemouth Symphony (Kiril Karabits) performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. The same year he was selected by the Beethoven-Haus Bonn to become the first beneficiary of its new Mentoring Programme,[1] a status which grants him exclusive access to the house’s unique collections and resources.

He has performed chamber music with musicians including Guy Braunstein, Augustin Hadelich, Jian Wang (cellist), Alisa Weilerstein, Nobuko Imai. Recitals to date include the Wigmore Hall in London, regular appearances in the “Piano 4 Etoiles” series at Salle Pleyel, Kioi Hall in Tokyo, Symphony Hall Osaka, Brussels Klara Festival, Brussels Summer Festival, Beethoven-Haus and Beethovenfest in Bonn, Klavier-Festival Ruhr and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festspiele.

Recordings

International Awards

The CD featuring Unsuk Chin’s Piano Concerto won awards from BBC Music Magazine [2] and International Classical Music Awards.[3]

Reviews

References

  1. Beethoven-Haus startet am Tauftag Beethovens neue Initiative zur Nachwuchsförderung. Website from KBeethoven-Haus Bonn. Abgerufen am 26. Mai 2016.
  2. Winners of BBC Music Magazine Awards 2015 announced. Website of Classical-music.com. Abgerufen am 26. Mai 2016.
  3. Winners 2015. Website of ICMA. Abgerufen am 26. Mai 2016.
  4. . - Gramophone Magazine Via website. Last accessed 23 June 2016.

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