Violinist _ Bomsori Kim

 Bomsori Kim is regarded as one of today’s most vibrant and exciting instrumentalists. Winner of the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori’s exceptional talent and the poise of her musicianship have been recognized by many of the world’s finest orchestras and eminent conductors.

 The 2018-2019 season featured Bomsori’s New York Philharmonic debut, playing the US Premiere of Tan Dun's Violin Concerto, Fire Ritual, “with fierce dramatic commitment.” (New York Times). She made her debuts at Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, Gstaad Menuhin
Festival and Heidelberger Frühling.

 In addition to winning the 62nd ARD International Music Competition, Bomsori is a prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition, Queen Elisabeth Competition, International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition, Joseph Joachim International Violin Competition Hannover, Montreal International Musical Competition, and Sendai International Music Competition. Bomsori won Second Prize, Critic’s Prize, and nine additional special prizes at the 15th International
Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition.

 Bomsori has had the privilege of performing under the direction of renowned conductors, including Jaap van Zweden, Marin Alsop, Fabio Luisi, Andrey Boreyko, Pablo Heras Casado, Hannu Lintu, Kahchun Wong, John Storgards, Edo de Waart, and Giancarlo Guerrero, with numerous leading orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra and Wroclaw Phiharmonic among others.

 In 2017, Warner Classics released Bomsori’s debut album with maestro Jacek Kaspszyk and the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1. In 2019, Bomsori and pianist Rafał Blechacz released a disc of French and Polish music on the Deutsche Grammophon label,
featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Chopin and Szymanowski.

 A native of South Korea, Bomsori is a graduate of Seoul National University, where she studied with Young Uck Kim. She earned her Master of Music and Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School, as a student of Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.
 With the support of Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, she currently plays on a 1774 violin by Joannes Baptista Guadagnini.