Chaewon Kim

Biography

Chaewon Kim was admitted to the Korea National University of Arts at the age of 17. After earning her master’s degree in Piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, she is currently pursuing an additional master’s degree in Contemporary Music under the tutelage of Antti Siirala. She was the first Korean pianist to win the Grand Prix at the Steinway Asia Pacific Competition, following which she made her debut at the Hamburg Laeiszhalle. Her awards include prizes at the Cooper Competition (USA), the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy, the Ishikawa Competition (1st Prize), and the Young Tchaikovsky Competition. She has performed with the Korean Symphony Orchestra and the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra. Notably, she recently performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto with the Residenz-Solisten at the historic Cuvilliés-Theater and the Nymphenburg Klassic concert series. She is a scholarship recipient of the Hyundai CMK Foundation and Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now München (2024).