An Interview With Dr. Byeol Kim

Hello and welcome to the new series of Insights & Sounds. To kick off season 2, we have a very special guest with us. Dr. Byeol Kim is a concert pianist, Steinway Artist, creative collaborator, mom, wife, and artistic firestarter. Born and raised in South Korea, she now calls Florida home, where she balances an active performance life with a deep passion for creative projects that connect music to emotion, imagination, and story.For this episode. Dr. Sinclair and her talk about her upcoming performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue with the Winter Park Bach Festival, her previous performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto, her approaches to performance and preparation, as well as piano techniques and sound production. For more information on Dr. Kim, you can visit her website here. For tickets to her upcoming performances with the Winter Park Bach Festival, click here.The musical excerpt you hear at the beginning is of her performance of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto with the Winter Park Bach Festival. Thank you for listening!