Hee Yun Kim
Hee Yun Kim is the first-prize winner of Pablo Casals International Composition Competition in France. Her music has been reviewed as “fully convincing” and “masterfully orchestrated” by Paris: La Lettre du Musicien. Her compositions have been performed by diverse ensembles across the globe, including Ensemble Calliopée, Orchestre de la Francophonie, New York New Music Ensemble, ALEA III Ensemble, Seoul Metropolitan Chorus, HET trio, Het Collectief, SOLI Ensemble, Dallas Asian Winds and Loop38.
She is a recipient of Culture of Value, supported from the National Endowment of the Arts in 2023, and of ArtsActivate from the city of Dallas in 2022 and 2020. Her other honors include a jury for the Salvatore Martirano International Composition Award, a recipient of the Seoul Cultural Foundation grant, a composition review committee for the College Music Society International Conference, the Utah Arts Festival National Commissioning Program finalist, the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s Composers Programme in Canada, the ALEA III International Composition Competition finalist, Verdigris Ensemble Composition Competition winner, and the Tokyo International Composition Competition second-prize.
Kim returns in 2019 after a compositional hiatus during her daughter’s early years. Her recent commissioned compositions include R.I.P.2020 for clarinet and soprano by Julien Hervé, principal clarinet of Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Treetop Sky for wind ensemble by Dallas Asian Winds, Fulfilled for two flutes by flautist Laurel Zucker, White Rock Lake for mixed quartet and Scattered Minds for string quartet both commissioned by the city of Dallas. Her upcoming commissions for 2024 include a trio for flute, oboe and guitar for the concert, Korean Virtuosity in Classical Music, a piano trio, a trio for three flutes, and a piano concerto for Dallas Asian Winds and an exceptional pianist Jihea Hong-Park.
She received her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from Seoul National University in Korea, and her doctoral degrees from Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently, she lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband John, daughter Chloe, and a beloved dog Bubble.