My Story
Many times my features, especially my eyes, inspire people to pop up the rightful question: “why do you play piano?” It usually happens after a concert, everything went well, I’m still excited and, above all, relieved. I know exactly what people expect from me…“music is my life and piano is my chosen instrument”…
About Ilia Kim
Born in Seoul, pianist ILIA KIM began her musical studies in her native country. Her precociousness as performer drew much attention from early on which led to the debut solo recital at the Recital Hall of the Sae Jong Arts Centre in Seoul, at the age of eleven. In 1983 and 1987 the City of Seoul awarded her the prestigious Mayor Award and a scholarship for studying abroad…
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The Sunday Times
"[...] there's more to him [Clementi] than that, as shown by Kim's crisp, vibrant accounts of four fully fledged sonatas..." The Sunday Times
The Scotsman
"Kim evokes the more expansive thought process of the Op7 No3, finds manicured anguish in the Op. 13 No. 6 – a more troubled expressiveness than most Clementi – and the Mozartian operatic flare in Op. 40 No. 3. The mood is refreshed mid-disc by two of his musical...
Piano News
"Selbstsicher präsentiert Ilia Kim vier Sonaten von Muzio Clementi [...] eine brillante und zugleich elegant phrasierte Tour de force durch Bravura-Fähigkeiten, die Ilia Kim makellos meistert. [...] ein feines Programm." Hans-Dieter Grünefeld, Piano News
El Norte
"Deslumbra pianista con su virtuosismo, [...] Kim mostró una contundencia sonora y capacidad virtuosa, sin faltar un toque poético logrado en el segundo movimiento y agilidad en los pasajes rápidos del primer y tercer movimiento." El Norte, Monterrey, Mexico
Brescia Oggi
"Quasi un'ora di musica eseguita tutta d'un fiato, senza cali di tensione emotiva o dialogica, durante la quale Ilia Kim ha saputo comunicare come le Variazioni beethoveniane [op. 120] conservino sempre, pur nel loro continuo ed eterogeneo divenire, una straordinaria...
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
09"Sotto le infallibili dita d'acciaio della pianista la musica è sgorgata in una vitalità poderosa, a tratti fiammeggiante e a tratti più intensamente introspettiva, disegnando un discorso intenso, appassionato ed estremamente coinvolgente." [Concerto n. 5 di...
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Chiostro del Museo Diocesano
01/06/2018
Chiostro del Museo Diocesano, Brescia, ore 21.00
Ilia Kim pianista / Piero Rattalino relatore
Debussy: preraffaellita impressionista simbolista astrattista
Concerti nelle sale della provincia di Bergamo
31/05/2018
ore 21:00
Concerti nelle sale della provincia di Bergamo
Nembro, Auditorium Modernissimo
Ilia Kim pianista / Piero Rattalino relatore
Debussy: preraffaellita impressionista simbolista astrattista
ACCADEMIA BARTOLOMEO CRISTOFORI, FIRENZE
20/02/2018 Accademia Cristofori, Firenze
TEATRO PAVAROTTI MODENA
18/02/2018 Teatro Pavarotti, Modena.
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Deux Arabesques (1888-1891)
Clair de lune (1890)
Tarantelle styrienne (1890)
La soirée dans Grenade (1903)
L’isle joyeuse (1904)
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Des pas sur la neige (1908)
Ondine (1910)
La Cathédrale engloutie (1908)
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest (1908)
Etude pour les degrés chromatisques (1915)
Étude pour les octaves (1915)
DEBUSSY – ILIA KIM, PIANOFORTE
13/01/2018 ore 17:30
Aula Magna Sapienza
Debussy
Deux Arabesques
Clair de lune dalla Suite Bergamasque
Tarantelle styrienne
La soirée dans Grenade da Estampes
L’isle joyeuse
Des pas sur la neige
Ondine da Preludes, Livre 12
La Cathédrale engloutie da Preludes, Livre 1
Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest da Preludes, Livre 1
Étude pour les degrés chromatiques
Étude pour les octaves da Douze Etudes
Recital for la Societá dei Concerti
Milano, 08/02/2017 9:00pm
C. Franck, Preludio, Corale e Fuga
S. Rachmaninov, Da Momenti Musicali op.16: nn.1, 5 e 6
F. Liszt, from Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Funérailles
L. van Beethoven, Sonata in fa min. op.57 “Appassionata”
Camera Fiorentina
09-10/10/2017
Concerts with Orchestra da Camera Fiorentina at the Orsanmichele Museum of Florence, in Italy.
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