Wednesday, August 11 at 12:30 pm - SoRi Ensemble
Leah Kim, Violin Riyehee Hong, Organ
Join us for the final concert of the 2010 Noontime Organ Concert Series as Leah Kim performs Mendelssohn’s ****Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 ****with the orchestral accompaniment transcribed and performed on the organ by Riyehee Hong.
Violinist Kyoungwoon Leah Kim, former associate concertmaster of the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra (Korea), has won numerous competitions, awards and recognition as a soloist: including a live broadcast on WQXR (New York Times Radio Station) for the Young Artist Program with Paganini Concerto no2, and a feature article in STRAD Asia. Ms. Kim was finalist at Jean Francaix International Competition in Paris, and winner of Music Teacher’s National Association Competition as well as achieving the highest score (200 points) ever received in the history of New York State School of Music Association competition. Ms. Kim has performed as soloist with the Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Pusan Symphony Orchestra (S.Korea), Long Island Symphony, and in Seoul Arts Center, Pusan Arts Center (S.Korea), Osaka Philharmonic Hall (Japan), Lincoln Center, Steinway recital hall in New York.
Since Ms. Kim has moved to Philadelphia she has been a concertmaster for Philadelphia Camerata, and a guest concertmaster for Pottstown Symphony. She spends most her time as an artist in residence / adjunct faculty of Temple University, West Chester University, Eastern University, Lehigh Performing Arts High School and West Catholic Conservatory. Ms. Kim is the Music director for the Rebecca Davis Dance Company and an Artistic director of Philadelphia Camerata.
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