Sooyeon Kim

Violinist Sooyeon Kim, a native of Korea, joined RPO in September 2022. Previously, Sooyeon held a position as Assistant Concertmaster of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Albany Symphony Orchestra. In the summer, she has performed as a member of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra, and the Aspen Music Festival Orchestra. Sooyeon also has held principal positions with the Juilliard Orchestra and the Juilliard Chamber Orchestra.

Sooyeon holds a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music from the Juilliard School where she studied with Naoko Tanaka. Currently, she is pursuing her Doctoral of Musical Art Degree at Stony Brook University under the tutelage of Hagai Shaham as a recipient of the Stallar Award scholarship and holds a teaching assistantship position. An avid chamber musician, Sooyeon was a former participant in the Honors Chamber Music program at Juilliard and the Juilliard String Quartet Seminar. Her quartet gave performances throughout New York City, including Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, and has taken part in Juilliard’s 2018 Focus! Festival featuring contemporary compositions. Sooyeon has also appeared in Juilliard’s ChamberFest and with the Taos School of Music in New Mexico.

Sooyeon has won top prizes in the Music Teachers National Association Competition, the Friday Woodmere Music Club Young Artists Competition, and the New York Music Competition. She has made solo appearances in Japan, Korea, and Switzerland and has given numerous solo recitals at Lincoln Center.