Close Encounter with Violinist Lisa Kim
Musical Merit Foundation winner

Farb Middle School
Lincoln High School	Talking with students at Pershing Middle School

Henry High School (May 3)

Farb Middle School (May 3)

Pershing Middle School (May 4)

Lincoln High School (May 4)

Ji Eun Kim began to play the violin at the age of 5.
She studies at Juilliard School in her fourth year with Hyo Kang and David Chan.

Ms. Kim has won many awards include the prestigious 2005 Musical Merit Competition, the La Jolla Young Artists competition in 2004 and 2005, Women’s Committee GCCA Scholarship Auditions in 2005, and the Goodlin Scholarship competition. After winning the San Diego Symphony concerto competition, she performed Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy with the San Diego Symphony. She performed solo with the Grossmont Symphony, the Saratoga Symphony, the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Youth Symphony, the San Diego Youth Philharmonia, and the San Diego Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Kim has also served as the concertmaster of the San Diego Youth Symphony and Chamber orchestra in Music Academy of the West.

She has studied with Paul Kantor, Robert Mcduffie, and Hyo Kang. She also participated in master classes by Gil Shaham, Pamela Frank, Joel Smirnoff, and Robert Mcduffie. Ms. Kim attended Aspen Music Festival and School in 2004 and 2005, Great Mountains Music Festival 2007, Music Academy of the West in 2008, Schleswig Holstein music festival 2009, and Norfolk Chamber Music Festival 2010.

After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree in May 2011, she will be attending Juilliard School for her Masters degree.