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Keehyun Kim

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Education and Training

’05, ’08 MM

Awards and Recognition

Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant recipient, 2021

Excellence in Teaching certificate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2015-present

Grammy Award for “Best Chamber Music Performance” for recording of Ligeti string quartets on the NAXOS label, 2011

Cleveland Quartet Award, 2009

Recipient of Gregory Piatigorsky scholarship at the New England Conservatory, 2005-2006

Grand Prix and Best Interpretation of Mozart prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, 2005

First Prize and Management award, Concert Artists Guild, 2005

Finalist, Young Concert Artists, 2005

Keehyun Kim

Division: Expanded Education

Department: Strings

Instrument: Cello

Praised for his “sumptuous tone and deeply expressive phrasing” (The New York Times), cellist Keehyun Kim brings a rare combination of technical finesse and heartfelt musicality to every performance. A founding member of the award-winning Parker Quartet, Kim has been recognized for his “unfailingly elegant” playing (The Boston Globe) and his ability to “speak through the cello with an eloquence that’s both intimate and commanding” (The Washington Post).

As a member of the Parker Quartet, Kim is a recipient of the 2010 Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance and the Grand Prix and Mozart Prize winner of the 2006 Bordeaux International String Quartet competition. They have performed on many of the world’s foremost stages, including Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw, and London’s Wigmore Hall. The quartet’s critically acclaimed recordings and boundary-pushing interpretations have cemented their place as one of today’s leading chamber ensembles.

Kim is currently on the faculty at Harvard University, where the Parker Quartet serves as Blodgett Artists-in-Residence. The quartet also holds visiting residencies at the University of South Carolina and the Walnut Hill School. Kee teaches cello at MIT and at the New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School. He earned his degrees from the New England Conservatory and counts among his mentors Laurence Lesser, Paul Katz, and Bernard Greenhouse. Kee performs on a Giacomo Rivolta cello made in 1844.

Curriculum Vitae

’05, ’08 MM

  • Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant recipient, 2021
  • Excellence in Teaching certificate, Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, 2015-present
  • Grammy Award for “Best Chamber Music Performance” for recording of Ligeti string quartets on the NAXOS label, 2011
  • Cleveland Quartet Award, 2009
  • Recipient of Gregory Piatigorsky scholarship at the New England Conservatory, 2005-2006
  • Grand Prix and Best Interpretation of Mozart prize at the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, 2005
  • First Prize and Management award, Concert Artists Guild, 2005
  • Finalist, Young Concert Artists, 2005