Wonmi Kim, piano
Winner of the Third International Liszt Competition "Premio
Zanfi" in Parma, Italy in 1986, Miss Kim has been making frequent appearances on
TV and Radio in Italy with the Symphony Orchestra of RAI Torino. She gave a
several solo recitals in other Italian cities and throughout Europe. She is a
graduate of Curtis Institute of Music where she studied under Jorge Bolet. She
is the recipient of Rachmaninoff Prize from the Institute in 1981. She was one
of several selected solo and chamber music artists from the Institute to
participate in major European festivals and concert stages in spring of 1982
which included Yehudi Menuhin School, Bordeaux, Nice, Geneve, Lausanne, Monte
Carlo, Florence, Livorno and Spoleto. She now makes her home in Bologna, Italy
continuing her active career as a concert pianist.
"Kim manages to integrate her pearly virtuosity in a great
poetic imagination. She was never out to astound the audience by her technical
skills only even during the most complicated piano feats. In Kim, there is the
utmost balance between technical refinement and great spiritual expressivity.
..." - translation from Marrten Brandt, Arnhemse Courant, March
1984
"... There was a remarkable talent at the grand piano that
manages to captivate the audience continually with an unusual program. ... Kim
disposes of a beneficially rich varied toucher, an essential characteristic that
was to define the expressivity of the whole recital. With her remarkable
technical skill, she almost recreates every composition. ... it becomes most
clear that in Wonmi Kim, a brilliant virtuosity and intense musicality are
combines. ..." - translation from Wil Kox, De Nieuwe Krant, March
1984
"... All of the perfume of Vienna, of the waltzes of
Strauss, and of that historic period are found in the exquisite musical skills
of this Korean pianist... ...after the first notes of Berg's Sonata Op 1, the
audience at the Rossini Theatre knew it was listening to an exceptional talent,
that of Wonmi Kim, winner of the last Franz Liszt competition..." - translation
from Alberto Spano, il nuovo diario messaggero, February 1989
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