Clara Kim

About Clara

Cellist Clara Minhye Kim has performed throughout Europe, Asia, and the Americas as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. She has been a guest performer and faculty at the Jerusalem Music Center in Israel, Seoul, Busan, and the Pyeongchang Great Mountains Music Festivals in Korea, Hong Kong Next Generations for the Arts, Beauvais and Festival Music Alp in France, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, and the Perlman Music Program in the U.S.

Her cello method has been published under aegis of the Korea Economic Daily & Business Publications Inc., and she is the author of numerous articles on cello pedagogy. She has also been chosen as one of the Korean American representative in the Arts for the U.S. State Department events in Washington D.C.

Dr. Kim’s students have regularly been recognized through organizations such as the From the Top radio series, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, and with honors at international competitions such as Navarra, Klein, Johansen, Casals, and Young Tchaikovsky to name a few. Her studies have been at the Juilliard School, Yale University, New England Conservatory, and TC, Columbia University. She is on faculty at Columbia University and the Juilliard School, College and Pre-College Divisions.