American violinist Soovin Kim is an exciting young player who has built on the early successes of his prize-winning years to emerge as a mature artist, equally gifted in concerto, recital, and chamber music repertoire. His 2008-2009 season includes performances of Prokofiev with Leon Botstein at the prestigious Bard Festival and appearances at the Marlboro Festival, as well as three tours: one with the legendary Guarneri Quartet, one with Musicians from Marlboro, as well as one in Europe with fellow winners of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award. Partners include Mitsuko Uchida, Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Colin Carr, the Johannes Quartet, William Purvis, Gilbert Kalish, the Chiara Quartet, David Soyer, and Jeremy Denk. His latest CD recording on Azica Records (ACD 71243) is Fauré A Major Sonata, Op.13 and the rarely performed Chausson Concerto in D for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet, Op.21, with Jeremy Denk and the Jupiter String Quartet. His first solo CD (Azica Records ACD 71235), Niccolò Paganini's demanding 24 Caprices for solo violin, was released in February 2006, zoomed to Billboard’s Classical Chart, and was named Classic FM magazine’s Instrumental Disc of the Month. This season he appears in Korea with his quartet M.I.K. and he will tour compositions commissioned by his American ensemble, the Johannes Quartet, in a programme with the Guarneri Quartet featuring the music of Derek Bermel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and William Bolcom. Highlights of 2007-2008 included Brahms Violin Concerto with Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and Jose-Luis Novo; appearances at Ravinia, the Freer Gallery, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Recent concerto appearances include performances of Mendelssohn concerto with Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and National Philharmonic, Mozart Concerto in A, K.219 with Nashville Symphony, and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. Soovin Kim enjoys teaching and has held posts at Yale and, currently, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He plays the 1709 "ex-Kempner" Stradivarius.

Last updated: February 2009

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"...these caprices are rich with feeling in addition to being fleet and dazzling in a pyrotechnic sense...Kim imbues his performance of each caprice with such dynamic contrasts that your ears keep up with it...it is a terrific recording, and is easily recommendable."
All Music April 2006

"Kim emerges thrillingly triumphant.[...] A thrilling debut disc"
Classic FM Magazine

Project: Niccolò Paganini: 24 Caprices Azica Records (ACD-71235)

• CDs for Azica Records
• New Photos
• American PR
• Setting up a website
• Production of CD Rom Press Kit
• Participation in BBT tours 2006 and 2008

Artist Website

www.soovin.com

General Management

William Reinert at William Reinert Associates, Inc.
telephone: + 1 212 579 3308
info@williamreinert.com
www.williamreinert.com