Saturday, July 15, 2023

Unyew Kim | 3rd Prize | Violin | 10th Edition | ENKOR Int'l Music Competition


Unyew Kim is a 3rd grade student at Challenger School in San Jose, CA. She has been a member of the California Youth Symphony since 2021. Unyew started studying violin at the age of four and currently continues her studies with Zhao Wei and Sunghee Park.

In 2021, Unyew won first place in the American Protégé competition which led her to perform at Carnegie Hall in 2022. She also qualified for the national competition after taking second place at the state level of the OPUS Music Competition. She went on to win first place at the Opus National Competition in 2022, as well as First prize in Global Genius Music Competition Spring Season 2022, 2022 New York International Classical Music Competition and the Great Composer Competition for the Best Hayden 2023 . Additionally, she won second prize in the North International Music Competition Fall 2021 and Spring 2022, and the San Francisco International Music Innovation Competition 2021.

Unyew is a member of Bridges in Music, an organization that shares music with senior communities, demonstrating her commitment to using music to bring joy and happiness to others.

Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani,Fritz Kreisler, 5:48