SOMI KIM,
PIANIST

South Korean born New Zealand pianist, Somi Kim has established herself as one of today’s most highly regarded and versatile young pianists with a string of competition successes and an extensive concert experience. Somi is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. She graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Performance and Master of Arts with Distinction, receiving the HRH Princess Alice the Duchess of Gloucester’s Prize, a DipRAM and the Christian Carpenter Prize for the Best Recital. Sought after as a chamber musician, song accompanist and répétiteur, Somi is a staff pianist at the International Holland Music Sessions, International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Gisborne International Music Competition and the New Zealand Opera School. In recital, Somi’s recent and future appearances include Het Concertgebouw, Slovak Philharmonic, Wigmore Hall, St. John’s Smith Square, Cadogan Hall and the Edinburgh Fringe and Oxford Lieder Festivals. Somi will make her debut with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in June, playing Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F.