A
native of Los Angeles, California, Howard Kim received his early
piano training from master teacher Dorothy Hwang at the R.D. Colburn
School of Performing Arts. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Piano
Performance from the University of California-Los Angeles, studying
under Antoinette Perry and Aube Tzerko. While completing the Master
of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in Piano Performance and
Literature under the tutelage of Rebecca Penneys at the Eastman
School of Music, he was awarded the Performer's Certificate.
Dr. Kim
has won numerous awards and honors, including 2nd
Place and Audience Favorite Prize at the Josef Hofmann International
Piano Competition and the Ozelle Rubenstein Award for Chamber Music
at the Young Artists' Peninsula Music Festival as part of the Colburn
Piano Quintet. He has been the featured soloist with the Colburn
Chamber Orchestra, the Marina del Rey-Westchester Symphony Orchestra,
Southeastern University Chamber Orchestra, and the Imperial Symphony
Orchestra. He is currently Assistant Professor of Music at
Fayetteville State University and the keyboardist for the
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.
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