Fabiola Kim

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Fabiola Kim
파비올라 김
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Born (1991-03-21) March 21, 1991 (age 33)
New Jersey
Other namesKim Hwa-ra (김화라)
EducationJuilliard School (BM, MM), Colburn School (AD)
OccupationAssistant Professor of Violin
EmployerUniversity of Michigan
Parent(s)
  • Kim Dae-jin (pianist) (father)
Websitewww.fabiola.kim

Fabiola Kim (born March 21, 1991) is a Korean-American violinist and assistant professor of violin at the University of Michigan. She also serves as faculty at the Colburn School, Center Stage Strings festival in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Innsbrook Institute in Innsbrook, Missouri. Kim is co-founder and co-artistic director of the Sounding Point Academy along with her former teacher Robert Lipsett.

Early life and career

Kim was born on March 21, 1991 in New Jersey. Her mother is a violinist and her father is pianist Kim Dae-jin.[1][2] Her family moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1994. She began her studies at the Korea National University of Arts pre-college.[3] At 13, Kim moved to New York City and attended the Juilliard School pre-college program.[4] From 2006-2010 her teacher was renowned violinist Kyung Wha-Chung.[5][6] Kim earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the Juilliard School studying with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.[7] She received an artistic diploma from the Colburn School studying with Robert Lipsett where she also served as his teaching assistant. Kim was the concertmaster for both the Juilliard and Colburn orchestras.[8]

Kim made her concerto debut at the age of seven with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.[1][2][3][8][9] She has since performed with orchestras and artists including the Berliner Symphoniker, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Hoffer Symphoniker, cellist Lynn Harrell, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, and conductors Alan Gilbert and Esa-Pekka Salonen, among others.[1][2][3][8] She has won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Competition, the Juilliard Concerto Competition, and is the youngest winner of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s Concerto Competition in its history.[1][2][3] In 2017 Kim represented South Korea at the Brucknerfest in Linz performing Barber's Violin Concerto.[10][11] She accepted the position of assistant professor of violin at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in January 2020.[12]

In 2019 Kim released a CD titled “1939” with the Munich Symphony and Kevin John Edusei which includes concertos by Béla Bartók, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and William Walton all composed in the year 1939. Matthew Rye, former chief sub-editor of BBC Music Magazine and a reviewer for The Strad, said of the recording, The same year, the orchestra and Kim continued their collaboration with a tour to South Korea where she performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.[3]

Kim plays on the 1733 "Huberman, Kreisler" Stradivarius violin.[10][11][13]

Discography

  • 1939. Solo Musica GmbH. Fabiola Kim, Kevin John Edusei, Munich Symphony. Béla Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2, Karl Amadeus Hartmann Concerto funèbre, William Walton Violin Concerto. 2019-07-06.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jeong, Byung-Hwi (2019-12-16). "[Interview] Violinist Fabiola Kim: If you don't remember painful history, you repeat it". Global Economy Newspaper (in 한국어). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Min, Byeong-moo (2022-07-08). "'Father Kim Dae-jin' and 'Daughter Fabiola Kim' spread outstanding musical genes through generations". Daily Korea (in 한국어). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Yang, Hyeong-mo (2019-11-13). ""The heart of Germany is beating" Munich Symphony in Korea, anticipation of collaboration with Fabiola Kim". Dong-A Ilbo (in 한국어). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  4. "EP008 - Prodigy to Professor: Violinist Fabiola Kim". Listen Notes. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  5. "Fabiola Kim". Queen Elisabeth Competition. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  6. Yang, Heong-mo (2021-07-29). "Daejin Kim & Fabiola Kim Duo Recital… Aug. 22 Seoul Arts Center IBK Chamber Hall". Dong-A Ilbo (in 한국어). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  7. "Chamber Soloists of Detroit at Grove Music Festival in Midland on March 19". Midland Daily News. 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Fabiola Kim". Klassik Radio (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  9. "Young Musicians Flourish in Philadelphia". NPR. 19 December 2007. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Brucknerfest: South Korea as a partner". Österreichischer Rundfunk (in Deutsch). 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Atzenhofer, Wolfgang (2016-09-04). "Brucknerfest sucht die Nähe und Ferne". Kurier (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  12. "Violinist Fabiola Kim to join SMTD Faculty in Fall 2020". University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
  13. Marquardt, Guido (2019-08-01). ""It doesn't always have to sound nice" - violinist Fabiola Kim talks about her debut album and finding her own way". Klassik Begeistert (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-03-10.

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