EWHA Gala Concert

EWHA Gala Concert featuring Yeesun Kim, JungJa Kim, and others.

Hailed by the New York Times for her "focused intensity" and "remarkable" performances, Yeesun Kim enjoys worldwide acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. Kim currently serves on the faculty of New England Conservatory, in the cello and chamber music departments, and teaches each summer at the Taos School of Music in New Mexico. She has also taught at the McGill International String Quartet Academy in Canada, the Suntory Hall Fellows Academy in Japan, at the Seoul National University and National University of Arts in Korea, and for the Foulger Institute in New Jersey .

Kim is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, with advanced degrees from New England Conservatory. Her teachers include Lawrence Lesser, David Soyer, Peter Wiley, Hyungwon Chang, and Minja Hyun.

She plays a Peregrino Zanetto cello, circa 1576, one of the oldest in the world.