Clara Kim

Cellist Clara Minhye Kim has performed as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. She has appeared as a guest performer and faculty member at the Jerusalem Music Center, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Heifetz Institute, Perlman Music Program, Morningside Music Bridge, Seoul Music Festival, Busan Music Festival, Great Mountains Music Festival, Festival Music Alp, amongst others.

Kim is the author of a published cello method book by The Korea Economic and Daily & Business Publications Inc., and has been interviewed by the The Strad magazine for her bow technique. Her recordings have been released on CRI, SNK, and Albany Records. Kim's current and former students have won prizes at major international competitions, including the Queen Elisabeth, Tchaikovsky, Klein, Stulberg, Naumburg, Navarra, and Johansen competitions, and hold positions in leading orchestras, including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and Oregon Symphony.

Selected by the U.S. Department of State to represent Korean Americans in an arts delegation with South Korean President Lee and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Kim has taught at The Juilliard School’s Pre-College Division since 2003 and its College Division since 2018.