Eugene Kim

Cellist Eugene Kim (she/her) made her concert debut as a soloist with the Youth Orchestra of the Educational and Cultural Art Center in Incheon at the age of 12. She performed as an orchestral musician with Maestro Nanse Gum as a prize of the Korean Classic Prodigy Discovery Project by KBS (Korean Broadcasting System) and sponsored by KT (Korea Telecom Corporation). She showcased her promise as a soloist by holding her first recital during the 2021 season at the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation. 

Music was a strong part of Eugene’s education from a young age through learning various instruments until eventually focusing on the cello and attending Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, the most prestigious art academies in South Korea. While at Seoul Arts High School, she received an Award for Excellence. She studied with Lluis Claret at New England Conservatory, where she earned a Bachelor’s degree. In May 2024, she received her Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Timothy Eddy and Natasha Brofsky.  

Eugene Kim recently won a section position with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra and will be joining them in September 2024. She performed at Carnegie Hall as part of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in her early career as a dedicated orchestra musician in 2022. In 2023, she served as principal cellist with the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall and as associate principal for the opening concert of the 30th edition of the Verbier Festival Orchestra, performing alongside the legendary Maestro Zubin Mehta and pianist Yuja Wang. During the 2023-2024 season at Verbier, Eugene collaborated with renowned musicians such as Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Antonio Pappano, Yunchan Lim, Charles Dutoit, Klaus Mäkelä, Daniele Gatti, Bryn Terfel, Lahav Shani, Placido Domingo, Christoph Eschenbach, and Wynton Marsalis at Verbier. She continued her role as principal cellist at the Spoleto Music Festival in 2024. Most recently, Eugene played with the Britt Festival Orchestra during the summer of 2024. 

She has won various competitions in South Korea including The Strad competition and the Ehwa & Kyunghyang Concour. Being selected for the country’s only chamber music program jointly developed by LG and The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center greatly influenced her capability as a chamber musician as well as a soloist. She also received fellowship offers from the Aspen Music Festival in 2020 and the Bowdoin International Music Festival in 2021.