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The Korean pianist, Dasol Kim (Korean: 김다솔), started playing the piano at the age of 11, and by 15 won his first international competition and left for Germany. He is a graduate of Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover and studied with Arie Vardi. His musical development has been influenced also by Gerald Fauth. He won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in Leipzig in 2010 and in New York in 2015. Additionally, he won First Prize in the 2011 Epinal International Piano Competition in France, and Second Prize in the 2012 Concours Géza Anda in Switzerland, and Third Prize at the 2011 ARD International Music Competition in Munich. In 2012 he also won the Kissinger Klavierolymp, the piano competition of the festival Kissinger Sommer. He won a Jury Discretionary Award at the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the USA; Fort Worth Star-Telegram enthusiastically wrote that Kim "dominated" in his preliminary round recital.
Hailing from his triumphant performance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Dasol Kim is one of the most exciting pianists to emerge onto international spotlight. Widely lauded by the press for his astounding interpretations, he captivates the audience with remarkable tone and utmost clarity. He has appeared with some of the world’s finest orchestras as a soloist, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zürich, Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, Kammerorchester Berlin, Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphonieorchester, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Brandenburg Chamber Orchestra, MDR Sinfonieorchester Leipzig, Concerto Budapest, Belgium National Orchestra, and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra,. He performs regularly with such notable conductors including Marin Alsop, Myung-Whun Chung, Lawrence Foster, Alan Gilbert, Michael Sanderling, and David Zinman. His chamber-music collaborators include cellists Gautier Capuçon, David Geringas, Lawrence Lesser and Myung-wha Chung, violinist Svetlin Roussev, and violist Maxim Rysanov, among others.
Dasol Kim is regularly invited to perform at prestigious music festivals and venues around the world. Among his many noteworthy engagements, he has performed the complete cycle of the 32 Piano Sonatas by L.v. Beethoven in Switzerland and Korea over a four year period. In the USA, he made his recital debuts in the Young Concert Artists Series in The Peter Jay Sharp Concert at New York’s Merkin Concert Hall and in Washington, DC at the Kennedy Center as recipient of the Korean Concert Prize. He was also featured in the PyeongChang Festival Chamber Music concerts in the YCA Series in New York’s Alice Tully Hall and at the Kennedy Center. In 2018-2019 season, he returned to the Young Concert Artists Series for an encore recital at New York’s Morgan Library and Museum. Additional recent USA recital dates include appearances at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calfornia, the Jewish Community Alliance in Jacksonville, Florida, and Mary Baldwin University in Staunton, Virginia. He performed W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 at the 2018 Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, and appeared at the Usedom Music Festival in Germany. He has also performed at the Kuhmo Music Festival in Finland, La Roque d'Anthéron in France, Kissinger Sommer in Germany, and PyeongChang Music Festival (formerly the Great Mountain Music Festival) in Korea. Future concert engagements include numerous performances across the globe in the USA, Europe and Asia.
Praised for his splendid interpretations of solo piano works, in 2015 his debut recording on Deutsche Grammophon was released, featuring various solo works by Robert Schumann. He lives in Berlin and currently holds the Mortimer Levitt Piano Chair of Young Concert Artists. Away from the piano, he loves literature, movies, and running, as well as restaurants and wine. |
