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Byeol S. Kim
2020 Solo Piano Fellow
BYEOL S. KIM ('20) 31, born in Pohang, Korea, is earning her doctorate at Northwestern University studying with James Giles, Jon Kimura Parker, and Enrico Elisi, and was named a 2019 Astral Artist and a 2020 Luminarts Laureate. In 2019, Byeol appeared as a soloist with the Bienen, Paderewski Pomeranian Philharmonic, Pomeranian Chamber, and Pohang Symphony orchestras.
In 2020 she was a winner of the Music Academy's Digital Challenge.
- 2020 Cleveland International virtu(al)oso Competition 3rd prize and audience prize
- 2019 Paderewski International Piano Competition Laureate
- 2019 Thaviu-Isaak Award