Hee Yun Kim is a composer whose music interweaves expressive lyricism with diverse cultural and contemporary influences. Her works explore timbre, texture, and narrative, engaging deeply with themes of environment, social reflection, and psychological depth. Active both internationally and across the United States, she collaborates widely with performers and ensembles who share her passion for contemporary expression and cultural dialogue.

Her compositions have been performed by ensembles such as New York New Music Ensemble, Orchestre de la Francophonie, Ensemble Calliopée, Het Collectief, ALEA III, Loop 38, SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Voices of Change, The Julius Quartet, Het Trio, and Seoul Metropolitan Chorus. Her works span orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber, vocal, and multimedia settings—increasingly integrating cross-cultural instrumentation and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Recent highlights include Calling of the Whales (2025) for erhu, haegeum, and string quartet with multimedia, selected for the AT&T Performing Arts Center’s 2024/25 Elevator Project and invited to the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage in 2026; Reboot (2024) for piano trio, commissioned by violinist Salley Koo and the University of Illinois; and Here You Are (2024) for piano and wind ensemble, commissioned by Dallas Asian Winds. Her album Voyage Within (Ravello Records, 2023) has been broadcast on NPR stations nationwide.

Kim’s music has been recognized with numerous honors, including laureate in the Pablo Casals International Composition Competition (France), second prize in the Tokyo International Chamber Music Composition Competition, finalist in the Utah Arts Festival National Commissioning Program, selection for the National Arts Centre’s Composers Programme (Canada), and multiple ArtsActivate grants from the City of Dallas Office of Arts & Culture. She has also received support from the Seoul Cultural Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Born in Korea, Kim holds degrees in composition from Seoul National University (B.M., M.M.), the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (doctoral diploma), and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (D.M.A.). After a long hiatus, she returned to composing in 2020 and now resides in Dallas, Texas.

As founder and artistic director of Threaded Resonance—a nonprofit arts organization established in 2025 dedicated to interdisciplinary music performance—Kim leads projects that reimagine the concert experience through collaborations with multimedia artists, dancers, and storytellers. Each program weaves its own thread, connecting music, meaning, and imagination.

(updated Nov 6, 2025)