Edwin Eung Soo Kim

Violinist Edwin Eung Soo Kim is actively performing throughout the world with Europe as a centre. Edwin Eung Soo Kim, who is appraised as the most rising violinist in this era, collaborated invitational performances with Biel Symphony Orchestra Switzerland, Gottingen Symphonie Orchester Germany, Prague Chamber Orchestra Czech, Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra Germany, Arizona Symphony Orchestra United States and etc. He also presented numerous recitals and chamber concerts in Germany, Austria, Poland, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom and etc. He performed not only in Europe and American Continent, but also in Asia, especially in Korea with KBS Symphony Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra, KT Chamber Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Ulsan Symphony Orchestra, Chungnam State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyungbuk State Symphony Orchestra, Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Daegu Symphony Orchestra, Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, Daegu Melos Orchestra, Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Jinju City Orchestra and etc. His performance with Gwangju Symphony Orchestra at 2014 Korean Orchestra Festival received a big standing ovation and was specially broadcasted on live through ARTE TV and KBS Classic FM and which, still on rerunning. Edwin Eung Soo Kim was invited to the prestigious Litomyšl Festival, that has 55 years of history and better known after Soprano Sumi Jo’s performance, and played with Leos Swarovski and Pardubice Chamber Orchestra. All audience gave thunderous standing ovation having 15 curtain calls, the most number recorded for the 2014 festival. In the same year, he captured rather difficult Prague audience through playing with The Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra and received a big praise; ‘He presented a deep touch that could never be described by a human language!’ ‘Expectably, he is more than enough to join the top ranks of European musicians.’ From 2012 to 2019 Edwin was the main artist of the Lech Classic Music Festival at European royal families and global VIPs visit. Recorded all seats sold out every year, he attracts public attention in Europe with review of ‘one of the first-class violinists in the world’. The festival was broadcasted by ORF TV and radio. as well as live recordings were released. Edwin Eung Soo Kim has been invited by the Bella Artes Chamber Orchestra to a concert tour taking place at three different destinations in Mexico. The concerts enjoyed great recognition by media and audience, including live broadcasts and an interview with the Korean violinist, which was published in the renowned Mexican newspaper El Sol. Recently he has also returned from a concert tour in Russia with the Gyeongsangbuk-to Provincial Orchestra. These achievements have resulted in re-invitations and invitations as resident musician. Next season, tour concerts will take place in several cities in the US, Brazil, Russia, Czech Republic and Mexico. Edwin will also be re-invited as resident musicians at the Brazilian Gramado in Concert Music Festival. Edwin Eung Soo Kim, who showed the distinguished musicianship early in Europe, is a top prize winner of the Zinetti International Chamber Music Competition, Maria Canals International Music Competition, Tibor Varga International Violin Competition, ‘Rodolfo Lipizer’ International Violin Competition and Spohr International Violin competition. Starting with a release of the CD by Azzurra Music sponsored by Verona City Italy in 2008, his second CD was released in 2010 by Telos Music Records, Germany for 200th Schumann’s birth anniversary. In 2012 and 2013, live recordings of the Lech Classic Festival were released followed by Sehnsucht Recording by Decca (2017), exploring his solo repertoire. In 2021 and 2022 his album Das Leben and Mein Wiener Herz by Universal Music was commented ‘absolutely wonderful tone with sincere violin’s voice’, ranked 1st place in Best Album and Best Sales Volume for 6 weeks, being loved by classical music fans. and he keeps receiving love calls from recording companies in U.S. and the UK parallel to his reputation. Edwin Eung Soo Kim been leading the 'Dots and Lines' project since 2022, encapsulating 300 years of violin music history in 30 performances. In January 2024, he received high praise for his complete performance of Mozart’s violin concerto with Camerata SOL, commemorating Mozart's 268th birthday in January 2024. He was born in Seoul, Korea and graduated summa cum laude all from Seoul Arts High School, Vienna National University of Music, Austria, Graz National University of Music, Austria and Hanover National University of Music, Germany. Currently, he is a Thomastik-Infeld Artist Family and resident artist at the 2024 Daejeon Cosmopolitan Music Festival (DCMF), Professor of Violin at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.