Born into a family of musicians, Tae-Yeon Kim has been studying since 2022 at the Curtis Institute of Music under Gary Hoffman and Peter Wiley, supported by the Jacqueline du Pré Memorial Fellowship. She is the recipient of many major prizes, including First Prize at the 2024 Lutos³awski Competition in Poland, the Franz Helmerson Prize of the Kronberg Academy Cello Festival, the B. Martinù Prize of the Prague Spring Competition, First Prize at the Antonio Janigro Competition, and both First Prize and the Conductor’s Prize at the Gustav Mahler Competition. Having made her debut recital at age twelve at the Kumho Arts Center in Seoul, she has appeared worldwide as a soloist with such international orchestras as the Brevard Festival Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg City Orchestra and KT Chamber Orchestra.

Instrument: Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume

Teachers

2023 - : Nick Canellakis
2023 - : Yumi Kendall
2023 - : Christine Lee
2022 - : Peter Wiley
2022 - : Gary Hoffman

Degrees

2022 - : Bachelor of Music, Curtis Institute of Music

Concerts

2025 : Seoul Arts Center, Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center, KT Chamber Orchestra / Taek-Joo Lee
2025 : Rutesheim Concert Hall, Rutesheim Festival, Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen/Alexander Meyer
2025 : Chattanooga City Hall, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra /Ilya Ram
2025 : Brevard Concert Hall, Brevard Music Festival, Brevard Festival Orchestra / Mei-Ann Chen
2024 : Warsaw Philharmonic concert hall, NIMiT, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
2024 : Casals Forum, Kronberg Festival, Kremerata Baltica Chamber Orchestra

Competitions

2025 : Best performance of B. Martinu, Prague Spring International Music Competition
2024 : 1st, Best performance of Grave, 12th Lutoslawski International Cello Competition
2022 : 1st, Conduct’s prize, G. Mahler International Cello Competition
2021 : 2nd, Osaka International Music Competition
2021 : 2nd, Best interpretation of Bach, Young Tchaikovsky International Competition
2020 : 1st, A. Janigro International Cello Competition (Junior)