Ънгсу Ким

Soloist and chamber musician between Europe and Asia, the South Korean violinist Eungsoo Kim has recorded Schumann chamber works with pianist Moon-Young Chae. In October 2015 he played in Bulgaria Hall at the Third Korean-Bulgarian Friendship Concert with the Sofia Philharmonic, sharing the programme with the pianist Georgi Cherkin and the singers Sumi Hwang and Tae-Joong Yang. Born in Seoul and known professionally also as Edwin E. S. Kim, he studied in Vienna, Graz and Hanover with Boris Kuschnir, Igor Ozim and Krzysztof Węgrzyn, taking second prize at the Tibor Varga competition in 2003 and first at the Maria Canals in 2004. He has played with the Prague Radio Symphony among other orchestras in Europe and Korea, directed the Lech Classic Music Festival from 2012 to 2019 and took over the artistic direction of Camerata SOL in 2015. He teaches violin at Hanyang University in Seoul.