Siwoo Kim is an "incisive" and "compelling" (The New York Times) violinist who performs as soloist and
chamber musician.

Siwoo made his New York concerto debut at Carnegie Hall - Stern Auditorium with James DePreist and the Juilliard Orchestra. In addition, he has given concerto performances with the Columbus, Houston, Springfield, and Tulsa symphony orchestras, among others. Highlights from the last season include the world premiere performance of Samuel Adler’s first violin concerto and a Walt Disney Concert Hall concerto debut.

An enthusiastic collaborator, Mr. Kim founded Quartet Senza Misura. Praised for their “whip-smart performances” (Alex Ross, The New Yorker), the string quartet has performed at an array of venues such as Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center, Terrace Theater of The Kennedy Center, Seoul Arts Center, and Le Poisson Rouge. Siwoo is a violinist of Carnegie Hall's Ensemble ACJW and Marlboro Music Festival. He is also a returning guest artist of Ensemble DITTO. He has performed chamber music with Itzhak Perlman, Joyce DiDonato, Kim Kashkashian, Stefan Jackiw, Richard O'Neill, and members of the Guarneri, Juilliard and Takacs String Quartets.

Siwoo was named the recipient of the 2012 King Award for Young Artists. He took second place at the 2010
Corpus Christi International Competition for Piano and Strings, where he was also awarded special prizes for
the best performance of solo Bach and violin performance. He has also been named top prizewinner in the
California, Chengdu, Crescendo, Hellam, Ima Hogg, Juilliard, Schadt, Sejong, and WAMSO competitions.

Siwoo received both his undergraduate and graduate degrees from The Juilliard School. As the recipient of the Elsie and Walter W. Naumburg Scholarship, he led the Juilliard Orchestra as concertmaster and studied with Robert Mann, Donald Weilerstein, and Ronald Copes. Siwoo studied with Roland and Almita Vamos at The Music Institute of Chicago.

Mr. Kim is the founding artistic director of VIVO Music Festival.