Featured Soloist: Yeesun Kim
September 23 & 25, 2005

Hailed by the New York Times for her "focused intensity" and "remarkable" performances, cellist Yeesun Kim enjoys worldwide acclaim as soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Like her husband, Nicholas Kitchen, she is a founding member of the Borromeo String Quartet and has performed in more than 20 countries and in many of the world's illustrious concert halls and festivals. Since making her orchestral debut at age 13 with the Korean Broadcasting Service Symphony, she has toured extensively throughout Europe and Asia. Currently living in Boston, Kim enjoys returning to her native Korea, where she is frequently invited to perform as soloist with the Korean Symphony, give recitals and teach. A much sought after chamber musician, Yeesun Kim has performed at the Spoleto Festival in the United States and Italy, Ravinia, Marlboro, Santa Fe, La Jolla, the Prague Spring Festival, the Vancouver Chamber Music Festival, the Stavanger Festival in Norway and the Evian and Divonne Festivals in France. Her frequent collaborations with other artists have included appearances with Joshua Bell, Christoph Eschenbach, Leon Fleisher, Gary Graffman, Menahem Pressler, Rudolph Serkin, Russell Sherman, and Richard Stoltzman. She has concertized with members of the Guarneri and Julliard String Quartets, and appears frequently as a member of the Pamela Frank-Yeesun Kim-Wu Han piano trio. As a member of the Borromeo Quartet, Ms. Kim has been part of the Ensemble in Residence for NPR's Performance Today and has had extensive involvement with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's Chamber Music Two Program. Her radio and television credits also include numerous appearances on WGBH in Boston, Radio France, and NHK Radio and Television in Japan.

A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, with advanced degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, Yeesun Kim currently serves on the faculty of the New England Conservatory in the cello and chamber music departments. Her teachers have included Minja Hyun, Hyungwon Chang, David Soyer and Lawrence Lesser. She has earned numerous awards, including the Ewha and Jungagng National Competitions in Korea, and the Seoul Young Artists Award for achievement in music and academics. Yeesun Kim plays a Peregrino Zanetto cello, circa 1576.

Ms. Kim plays Brahms' Double Concerto with violinist Nicholas Kitchen on September 23 and 25, 2005.

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