Hannah Yim, Violinist
Hannah Yim is the Assistant Concertmaster of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, which she joined in 2007, Instructor of Violin at Tulane University, and founder/arranger/violinist with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. She has over 250 original rock and pop quartet cover arrangements with the Radio Bird Quartet and Harlequin Chamber Music. She views this as her most enjoyable and important musical work to date. Her work with Radio Bird Quartet have led to collaborations and shows with Kristin Diable, Maggie Koerner, Michael Mantese, John Michael Rouchell, and Mahmoud Chouki, amongst others.
Ms. Yim has been a featured soloist and chamber musician with the Louisiana Philharmonic, as well as a chamber musician in the Trinity Artist Series, Bach Around the Clock, and the Marigny Opera House. Past chamber collaborations have included Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Pablo Ziegler, and Anat Cohen. She has performed at Jazz Fest, Voodoo Fest, and the French Quarter Festival. In 2010 and 2012, she shared the New Orleans Tribute to the Classical Arts Award for Best Chamber Music Performance.
Other symphonic engagements have included the Pacific Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Colorado Symphony, New World Symphony, Colorado Symphony, and the Lakes Area, Mendocino, Colorado, and Breckenridge Music Festivals. Ms. Yim attended UC Berkeley and the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, where she studied with Alexander Kerr and Henryk Kowalski.
Ms. Yim performs at CCCMF 2024 on October 10, 11, and 14
