Chae-Um Kim – 2020

“Her intelligent playing combines the vivacity of her musical spirit with great rigor in execution, all in service to the composers.” (S.Vichard-professor of the Conservatoires de Paris and Lyon, pianist of Ensemble intercontemporain)

“Pianist Chae-Um Kim, originally from South Korea and now based in Paris, has been invited to numerous contemporary music festivals such as the Boulez Biennale at the Philharmonie de Paris, the Messiaen Festival (La Meije), Traiettorie (Parma), and the New Music Forum (Ljubljana), among others. At these festivals, she performs major works from the contemporary repertoire not only as a soloist but also in chamber music or in ensembles.

“She has collaborated closely with composers such as Philippe Manoury, George Benjamin, Tristan Murail, Bruno Mantovani, and Nina Senk, among others.

In 2020, she won the Third Prize at the 14th International Piano Competition in Orléans, France. There, she garnered attention from Agata Zubel, performing Zubel’s Chamber Concerto accompanied by the Ensemble Intercontemporain in the competition’s final. Subsequently, she has been invited on multiple occasions to perform as a duo with composer and lyric soprano Agata Zubel at various venues across Europe.

Chae-Um Kim furthered her musical studies in Germany at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe with Kaya Han and Ulrike Meyer, and in Italy at the International Academy of Imola with Enrico Pace and Boris Petrushansky. In France, she studied with Michel Dalberto, Claire-Marie Le Guay, and Jean-Frédéric Neuburger at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris. Currently, she is preparing her doctoral thesis at the Paris Conservatoire and Sorbonne University under the guidance of composer Yan Maresz and musicologist Jean-Marc Chouvel. Additionally, Chae-Um Kim shares her expertise through masterclasses and continues to perform in concerts throughout Europe.

Awards:

• Third Prize André Chevillion-Yvonne Bonnaud
• Orléans Conservatory Students Prize