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About the Philharmonic > The Musicians John Kim, ConcertmasterJohn Kim was appointed Concertmaster of the Bellevue Philharmonic in 2004. The Seattle Weekly wrote, ‘…Concertmaster John Kim made a delicate thread of silver embroidery of his slow-movement solo.’ While attending the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Manhattan School of Music, his primary teachers included Linda Cerone, Victor Danchenko, Bernhard Goldschmidt and Glenn Dicterow, Concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic.
A sought after teacher, Mr. Kim has been a faculty member of the Marrowstone Music Festival, Evergreen Music Festival, Vivace Chamber Players, Bellevue Youth Symphony camps, Tacoma Youth Symphony Association, Garfield High School Orchestra program and has been the violin adjudicator for the Eastshore Solo & Ensemble Contest. Currently, he is the Director of the Seattle Conservatory of Music’s Eastside Chamber Music Program, violin coach for the Seattle Youth Symphony and teaches privately in Bellevue, Issaquah and Bothell. |
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Mr.
Kim was a New York String Orchestra Seminar participant in 1991 under
Alexander Schneider and Jaime Laredo in 1993 with performances at
Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Other
achievements include National Orchestral Institute Concertmaster, Ladies
Musical Club of Seattle Competition top prize winner, featured artist on
KING FM “Live by George” and a performance at the White House. In recent
years, Mr. Kim has participated in the Seoul Festival Orchestra, the
Tanglewood and Spoleto festivals and has also held the posts of
Concertmaster of the Northwest Sinfonietta and Northwest Symphony
Orchestra, Associate Concertmaster of the Northwest Chamber Orchestra,
Assistant Concertmaster of the Sarasota Opera and Principal Second
Violin of the Tacoma Symphony. He has performed chamber music with
Richard Stolzman, Joseph Silverstein and on the UW World Series at Meany
Hall and has appeared as soloist with numerous regional orchestras.