Helen Kim, Violin Recital with Elizabeth Chung, Cello
Program:
Bach - Cello Suite No. 4
Prelude
Sarabande
Gigue
Sóllima - Alone
Piatti - Caprice No. 7
Bach - Violin Partita No. 2
Chaconne
Paganini - Caprices No. 9 and No. 24
Handel-Halvorsen - Passacaglia
Bios:
Elizabeth Chung, cello, received her B.M. and M.M at the Juilliard School, under the tutelage of David Soyer and Timothy Eddy. She attended Verbier Academy, Holland Music Sessions, Kronberg Academy, and Banff masterclasses, where she studied under Bernard Greenhouse, Gary Hoffman, Luis Claret, Rafael Wallfisch, Andreas Diaz, and Paul Katz. She has soloed with the Finnish Kuopio Symphony Orchestra, Harper Symphony Orchestra, Michigan Tech University Orchestra, Keweena Symphony Orchestra, and Aspen Academy Orchestra. Her chamber music experience includes performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with renowned violinist Midori, Sarasota Music Festival, Verbier Academy, Banff Centre, and Alice Tully Hall in New York City. Elizabeth Chung has been a recipient of Morse Fellowship, Harold and Mimi Steinberg Scholarship, William R. Hearst Scholarship, Thelma Altshuler Scholarship, Irene Diamond Graduate Fellowship, and the Leonard Rose Scholarship.
Helen Kim began her violin studies at the age of six and made her solo debut with an orchestra three years later. An avid chamber musician, she garnered first prize in the strings division at the 2010 Coleman Competition with her trio and also at the 2011 Yale Chamber Music Society Competition. She was Associate Concertmaster of the New York String Orchestra during the 2009-10 series, and served as Concertmaster for three consecutive years of the symphony and chamber orchestras at the University of Southern California, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. Helen Kim received her master’s degree at Yale University in May 2011 and joined the St. Louis Symphony as a full-time member in September 2012.