{{Short description|American Violinist}}
{{Infobox person | name = Fabiola Kim | native_name = | native_name_lang = ko | other_names = Kim Hwa-ra (김화라) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|03|21}} | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | education = Juilliard School (BM, MM) Colburn School (AD) | occupation = Assistant Professor of Violin | employer = University of Michigan | father = Kim Dae-jin | website = {{URL|fabiolakim.com}} }}
'''Fabiola Kim''' (born March 21, 1991) is an American violinist. A professor of violin at the University of Michigan, she is also on the faculty at the Colburn School, Center Stage Strings in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the Innsbrook Institute. She is co-founder and co-artistic director of the Sounding Point Academy along with her former teacher Robert Lipsett.
== Early life and education == Kim was born on March 21, 1991, in New Jersey. Her mother is a violinist and her father is pianist Kim Dae-jin.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Jeong |first=Byung-Hwi |date=2019-12-16 |title=[Interview] Violinist Fabiola Kim: If you don't remember painful history, you repeat it. |url=http://www.getnews.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=174946 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Global Economy Newspaper |language=ko}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Min |first=Byeong-moo |date=2022-07-08 |title='Father Kim Dae-jin' and 'Daughter Fabiola Kim' spread outstanding musical genes through generations |url=https://daily.hankooki.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=845553 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Daily Korea |language=ko}}</ref> Her family moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1994. She began her studies at the Korea National University of Arts pre-college.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Hyeong-mo |date=2019-11-13 |title="The heart of Germany is beating" Munich Symphony in Korea, anticipation of collaboration with Fabiola Kim |url=https://www.donga.com/news/Culture/article/all/20191113/98338713/2 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko}}</ref> At 13, Kim moved to New York City and attended the Juilliard School pre-college program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=EP008 - Prodigy to Professor: Violinist Fabiola Kim |url=https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/lifeexcellence/ep008-prodigy-to-professor-qIX5vBga168/ |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=Listen Notes |date=27 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> From 2006 to 2010 her teacher was renowned violinist Kyung Wha-Chung.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fabiola Kim |url=https://queenelisabethcompetition.be/en/candidates/fabiola-kim/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Queen Elisabeth Competition |language=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yang |first=Heong-mo |date=2021-07-29 |title=Daejin Kim & Fabiola Kim Duo Recital… Aug. 22 Seoul Arts Center IBK Chamber Hall |url=https://sports.donga.com/news/article/all/20210729/108249617/1 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Dong-a Ilbo|language=ko}}</ref> Kim earned a bachelor's and master's degree from the Juilliard School studying with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-03-13 |title=Chamber Soloists of Detroit at Grove Music Festival in Midland on March 19 |url=https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Chamber-Soloists-of-Detroit-at-Grove-Music-16997603.php |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Midland Daily News |language=en-US}}</ref> She received an artistic diploma from the Colburn School studying with Robert Lipsett where she also served as his teaching assistant. Kim was the concertmaster for both the Juilliard and Colburn orchestras.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Fabiola Kim |url=https://www.klassikradio.de/wiki/k/fabiola-kim |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Klassik Radio |language=de}}</ref>
== Professional career == Kim made her concerto debut at the age of seven with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2007 |title=Young Musicians Flourish in Philadelphia |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17356737 |access-date=2023-03-09 |website=NPR}}</ref> She has since performed with orchestras and artists including the Berliner Symphoniker, the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Hofer Symphoniker, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Seoul and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestras, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Korean Chamber Orchestra, the Colburn Orchestra, the Aspen Philharmonia, the Juilliard Orchestra, cellist Lynn Harrell, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, violist Paul Neubauer, cellist Frans Helmerson, cellist Marc Coppey, violinist Ida Kavafian, and conductors Alan Gilbert, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gilbert Varga, Jane Glover, Nayden Todorov and Nicholas McGegan, among others.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name="MichiganProfile">{{Cite web |title=Fabiola Kim |url=https://smtd.umich.edu/profiles/fabiola-kim/ |access-date=17 May 2026 |website=University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Operabase2025Vienna" />
She has won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto Competition, the Juilliard Concerto Competition, the Livingston Symphony Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition and the Kumho Prodigy Music Award, and is the youngest winner of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s Concerto Competition in its history. She was also a prize winner at the Corpus Christi International Competition and the Irving M. Klein International Competition for Strings.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref name="MichiganProfile" />
In 2017 Kim represented South Korea at the Brucknerfest in Linz performing Barber's Violin Concerto.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2016-09-01 |title=Brucknerfest: South Korea as a partner |url=https://ooe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2794294/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Österreichischer Rundfunk |language=de}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Atzenhofer |first=Wolfgang |date=2016-09-04 |title=Brucknerfest sucht die Nähe und Ferne |url=https://kurier.at/chronik/oberoesterreich/brucknerfest-sucht-die-naehe-und-ferne/219.397.947 |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Kurier |language=de}}</ref> She has also appeared at festivals and institutions including the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Ravinia Steans Institute, the Verbier Festival and La Jolla Music Society SummerFest.<ref name="MichiganProfile" />
Kim accepted the position of assistant professor of violin at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance in January 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2020 |title=Violinist Fabiola Kim to join SMTD Faculty in Fall 2020 |url=https://smtd.umich.edu/violinist-fabiola-kim-to-join-smtd-faculty-in-fall-2020/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance |language=en-US}}</ref> She is also on the faculty of the Colburn School, Center Stage Strings and the Innsbrook Institute, and is co-founder and co-artistic director of Sounding Point Academy with violin pedagogue Robert Lipsett.<ref name="MichiganProfile" /><ref name="SoundingPoint">{{Cite web |title=Sounding Point Academy |url=https://www.soundingpointacademy.com/ |access-date=17 May 2026 |website=Sounding Point Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019 Kim released a CD titled ''1939'' with the Munich Symphony and Kevin John Edusei, including concertos by Béla Bartók, Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and William Walton all composed in the year 1939.<ref name="Apple1939">{{Cite web |title=1939 – Album by Fabiola Kim, Munich Symphony Orchestra & Kevin John Edusei |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/1939/1466245669 |access-date=17 May 2026 |website=Apple Music}}</ref> Matthew Rye, former chief sub-editor of BBC Music Magazine and a reviewer for The Strad, said of the recording, "Kim gives a heartfelt performance that taps its emotions as much as it exploits its unashamed playfulness, and again there’s vigorous, characterful orchestral support. This, then, is a highly satisfying concerto collection, all in excellently recorded sound."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rye |first=Matthew |date=25 September 2019 |title=Fabiola Kim: 1939 |url=https://www.thestrad.com/reviews/fabiola-kim-1939/9527.article |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=The Strad |language=en}}</ref> The same year, the orchestra and Kim continued their collaboration with a tour to South Korea where she performed Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto.<ref name=":4" />
In 2025, Kim made her debut in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nayden Todorov, performing Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63.<ref name="SofiaPhilVienna2025">{{Cite web |title=Sofia Philharmonic Visits Vienna |url=https://sofiaphilharmonic.com/en/events/sofia-philharmonic-visits-vienna/ |access-date=17 May 2026 |website=Sofia Philharmonic}}</ref><ref name="Operabase2025Vienna">{{Cite web |title=Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Musikverein, Mar 17 2025, Vienna |url=https://www.operabase.com/productions/sofia-philharmonic-orchestra-317476/en |access-date=17 May 2026 |website=Operabase}}</ref>
Kim plays on the 1733 "Huberman, Kreisler" Stradivarius violin.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Marquardt |first=Guido |date=2019-08-01 |title="It doesn't always have to sound nice" - violinist Fabiola Kim talks about her debut album and finding her own way |url=https://klassik-begeistert.de/fabiola-kim-muenchner-symphoniker-kevin-john-edusei-1939-cd-besprechung-und-interview/ |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Klassik Begeistert |language=de-DE}}</ref>
== Discography ==
* ''[https://solo-musica.de/en/fabiola-kim-muenchner-symphoniker-1939/ 1939].'' Solo Musica GmbH. Fabiola Kim, Kevin John Edusei, Munich Symphony. Béla Bartok Violin Concerto No. 2, Karl Amadeus Hartmann Concerto funèbre, William Walton Violin Concerto. 2019-07-06.
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== External links ==
* [https://fabiola.kim Official website] * [https://www.soundingpointacademy.com Sounding Point Academy] * [https://smtd.umich.edu/faculty-profiles/fabiola-kim/ Fabiola Kim, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance directory] * [https://www.colburnschool.edu/faculty-listing/fabiola-kim/ Fabiola Kim, Colburn School directory]
Category:1991 births Category:Living people Category:American violinists Category:University of Michigan faculty Category:Colburn School alumni