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Korean-American pianist Mi-Eun Kim has performed extensively across the United States, Europe, and Asia. A prizewinner of the Liszt-Garrison Competition’s Liszt Award, the Corpus Christi Solo Prize, the International Institute for Young Musicians, Missouri Southern International Competition, and YoungArts, Mi-Eun has been recognized for her artistry on the concert stage. Her festival appearances include Piano Summer at New Paltz, the Gijón Piano Festival, Art of the Piano at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, PianoTexas, The Gilmore Keyboard Festival, and Kneisel Hall.
Recent highlights include her ongoing complete Beethoven solo and accompanied sonata cycle at MIT, the Garth Newel Music Center, Butler University’s Beethoven @ 2020 Series, and recitals at the University of Michigan, Loyola University in New Orleans, and Yiin Art Hall in Busan, South Korea. As a soloist, she has performed with the Chelsea Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Kansas City Symphony, and Omaha Symphony. She has also given masterclasses and residencies at Gonzaga University, Sacramento State, and the University of South Florida. A highly sought-after collaborative pianist and chamber musician, Mi-Eun has performed at esteemed institutions such as the Jacobs School of Music, Innsbrook Institute, Atlantic Music Festival, and Shepherd School of Music. She served as faculty pianist at the Sounding Point Academy and the Liberec International Violin Academy in the Czech Republic. Each summer, she is a faculty member at Center Stage Strings and serves as Artistic Director of the Hansong Summer Music Festival in South Korea. Mi-Eun holds a D.M.A., Specialist Degree, and M.M. in Piano Performance and Chamber Music from the University of Michigan, as well as a B.A. in History from Columbia University through the Barnard-Columbia-Juilliard Exchange. She has studied with Logan Skelton, Christopher Harding, Richard Cass, and Yong-Hi Moon. Mi-Eun has served as visiting professor at Loyola University in New Orleans and Hope College, and released her recording of William Horne’s Sextet for Piano and Winds on the Blue Griffin label in 2021. Mi-Eun is Director of Keyboard Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |