Bomsori Kim
About this Artist
“This violinist is ready for anything: with virtuosity, presence, clarity and a warm, rich tone, Bomsori is adept at making each moment her own.” – Crescendo Magazine
Highlights of Bomsori’s current season include tours with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša in Germany and Asia, a return to Carnegie Hall with the Seoul Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden, and to Vienna with the Vienna Symphony. She will also debut with the Orchestre de Paris, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, return to the Concertgebouw as Artist-in-Residence with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag, and perform in Hong Kong and Beijing with Paavo Järvi and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
Recent highlights include her debuts at the BBC Proms with the BBC Philharmonic and at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She toured with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and Paavo Järvi, and debuted with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pittsburgh Symphony, and Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España. She also performed with the Vienna Symphony at the Konzerthaus and made her Concertgebouw debut with the Residentie Orkest.
Bomsori is a regular guest at major festivals such as the Rheingau Musik Festival, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, and Verbier Festival. In 2021, she was named Focus Artist of the Rheingau Musik Festival and began a five-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival as Menuhin’s Heritage Artist.
She has performed with leading orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Montreal Symphony, working with renowned conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Paavo Järvi, Marin Alsop, Jakub Hrůša, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and Jaap van Zweden.
She is a prizewinner of the ARD International Music Competition, the Tchaikovsky, Queen Elisabeth, and Jean Sibelius International Violin Competitions, and a recipient of the Young Artist Award from the Korean Ministry of Culture.
Her discography includes recordings for Deutsche Grammophon of the Korngold and Bruch Concertos with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša, *Violin on Stage* with the NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, and a duo album with Rafał Blechacz featuring works by Fauré, Debussy, Szymanowski, and Chopin, which won the Fryderyk Award for “Best Polish Album Abroad.” Her latest recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi received the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Award.
Born in South Korea, Bomsori studied at Seoul National University with Young Uck Kim and at The Juilliard School with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. She performs on the 1725 Guarnerius del Gesù “ex-Moller,” generously loaned by the Samsung Foundation of Culture and The Stradivari Society of Chicago.