HYEWON KIM

Cellist Hyewon Kim, a member of the New Jersey Symphony, has been on the cello faculty at New York Music School since 2013. Ms. Kim’s students have been accepted into prestigious programs such as Juilliard Pre-College and Mannes Pre-College, as well as youth ensembles including the New York Youth Symphony, North Jersey Regional Orchestra, Camerata Youth Orchestra, and New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra. They have also received recognition in competitions such as the Rondo Young Artist Competition and Camerata Artist International Competition. She is dedicated to fostering musical excellence while cultivating a deep appreciation for music in her students.

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Ms. Kim has made appearances in various concert venues including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, David Geffen Hall, the Korea Society and Merkin Concert Hall. She has recorded with Gil Shaham and Sejong Soloists as part of Shaham’s 1930s Violin Concertos project released on Canary Classics. She has been invited to perform as a guest artist with Ars Antiqua de Paris and at New Year’s Eve concerts hosted by Korea’s Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, and she was featured in the Japan-America Institute for New Music concert and the Young Musicians Concert of Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. She performed in the New Juilliard Ensemble, as well as the New York String Seminar Orchestra under the direction of Jaime Laredo. She has served as principal and associate principal cellist of the Juilliard Orchestra under the batons of Emmanuel Villaume, Alan Gilbert and Itzhak Perlman.

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She appeared as a soloist with the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, performing Brahms’ Double Concerto at age 13. She also performed Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with the Lehman Symphony Orchestra and Elgar’s Cello Concerto with the Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra as a winner of the ECSO competition. The Day described her performance of the Elgar concerto as “spellbinding” and “mesmerizing.” She has also received various awards, including the Seolbong Scholarship awarded by the Ryu Foundation and Korean Honor Scholarship awarded by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.

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Ms. Kim has performed with various artists such as Frank Huang and Paul Watkins, and she has worked with Toby Appel, Eric Bartlett, Ani Kavafian and members of the Juilliard String Quartet and Ying Quartet in her chamber music and orchestral studies. She has performed in masterclasses given by Anner Bylsma, Jeremy Denk, Frans Helmerson and Daniel Müller-Schott. She has attended Bowdoin International Music Festival as a performing and teaching associate, Sarasota Music Festival and Tanglewood Institute, and she served as a member of the cello faculty at Arts Ahimsa Music Festival. Kim has engaged with her community in concerts at hospitals, churches, art galleries, libraries and schools, as well as at the United Nations General Assembly and benefit concert for building water wells in Kenya.

A native of South Korea, she was born into a family of classical music lovers. After learning violin, flute and piano, the deep sound of the cello fascinated her when she was 10. After winning numerous national competitions and engaging in other musical pursuits in Korea, she was accepted to the Juilliard Pre-College Division. Kim has studied with Timothy Eddy, Darrett Adkins and André Emelianoff; she holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School.

 

Cello Student Achievements:

 

︎ Acceptance into the North Jersey Regional Orchestra (2025)

︎ Acceptance into the Camerata Youth Orchestra (2025)

︎ Prize winner of the Camerata Artist International Competition (2025)

︎ Acceptance into the New Jersey Symphony Youth Orchestra (2025)

︎ Performance as a soloist with the Bergen Youth Symphony (2023)

︎ Acceptance into the Bergen Youth Symphony (2022)

︎ Acceptance into the New York Youth Symphony (2019, 2020)

︎ Acceptance into the Juilliard Pre-College Program (2015, 2020)

︎ Acceptance into the Mannes Pre-College Program (2020)

︎ Prize Winner of the Rondo Young Artist Competition (2018)

︎ Prize Winner of the Little Mozart Competition (2016)