Da-Hee Kim

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Da-Hee Kim - Piano

Da-Hee Kim is an award-winning pianist renowned for her expressive solo and chamber music performances across Europe and Asia. In recent seasons, she performed a varied repertoire, including world premiere performances at St George’s Bristol, Korean Cultural Centre in Paris, Seoul’s July Festival and Algiers Opera House in Algeria. In March 2026, her debut solo album of the British living composer Nicholas Scott-Burt’s 24 Preludes for Piano has been released by Divine Art Records. She has successfully finished her album launch tour in four different cities including London and Seoul. The album has been featured multiple times on BBC Radio 3’s Unwind.

A prize winner of numerous international competitions – Sofia, Mérignac, Sète, Valletta and more - she was also awarded the Fondation Banque Populaire Grant for three years and the Korean Honor Scholarship awarded by the Embassy of Republic of Korea in Washington D.C. A dedicated chamber musician, she regularly performs with her brother violinist Da-Min Kim, concertmaster of the Marseille Philharmonic Orchestra. The Duo Ainos won the 2nd place at Concours International de Musique de Chambre de Lyon. Their album Tradition chez les modernes, featuring sonatas by Debussy and Strauss on Lyrinx label, was praised by critics and broadcasters.

Da-Hee holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, as well as Bachelor and Master integrated degrees from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSM) de Paris in Piano, Piano Accompaniment and a Master’s degree in Applied Music Theory. She also earned her Meisterklassendiplom from the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Munich where she studied with the legendary pianist, Elisso Virsaladze. Alongside her career as a frequent performer and educator, she currently serves as a full-time pianist at Elmhurst Ballet School in association with Birmingham Royal Ballet in 2024.