Siwoo Kim, Violinist
Siwoo Kim is an “incisive” and “compelling” violinist (The New York Times) who “plays with stylistic sensitivity and generous tonal nuance” (The Chicago Tribune). Mr. Kim actively performs as soloist and chamber musician, and he is the Founding Co-Artistic Director of VIVO Music Festival in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
Since his Carnegie Hall debut with the Juilliard Orchestra, Mr. Kim has gone on to perform as soloist with orchestras on four different continents. As a chamber musician, he performs at festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, collaborating with revered artists including Mitsuko Uchida, Denes Varjon and Susan Graham. An advocate of new music, he premiered and recorded Samuel Adler’s only violin concerto on Linn Records, and VIVO Music Festival annually co-commissions new chamber music works with Paris-based Ensemble Intercontemporain. This season, he recorded and released the premiere recording of Michael Torke’s “Last” on Ecstatic Records with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).
Mr. Kim received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Robert Mann and Donald Weilerstein. He went on to complete a two-year fellowship at Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect program.
Mr. Kim performs at CCCMF 2025 on October 10, 11, and 13
