Dr. Albert Kim | Piano (Piano Area Coordinator)

Dr. Albert Kim
Associate Professor, Piano, Piano Literature, Class Piano
Piano Area Coordinator
Director, UCM Faculty-Student Chamber Ensemble
Location/Building: Utt 223
akim@ucmo.edu
(660) 543-4471

American pianist Albert Kim has engaged listeners and students across the country with his energetic and unconventional readings of the solo and chamber repertory. He made his solo recital debuts in the United States and Europe as a Carnegie Hall/European Concert Hall Organization Rising Star, followed by chamber music debuts at Ravinia, Caramoor and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has performed or taught at the Castleman Quartet Program, Dakota Sky International Piano Festival, Neskowin Chamber Music, Reinhardt Piano Festival and Academy, Dongfang Arts School (Shanghai PRC), Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), Texas State University, University of Central Florida, Linfield College and the San Francisco International Piano Festival. An active arranger, he performs his original solo transcription of Ravel’s La Valse and directed the world premiere of his chamber instrumental version of Richard Strauss’s Salome in 2014.

Dr. Kim holds degrees from Harvard University and the Eastman School of Music and completed his formal training with Natalya Antonova and Solomon Mikowsky. He is dedicated to the premise that music, whether created today or centuries ago, belongs to those who free themselves from tradition and seek their own voice through a total knowledge of their craft.