Donghyun Kim
South Korea, 26
Donghyun Kim was the Bronze Medalist at the 2019 Tchaikovsky International Competition at age 19, marking one of several major international achievements. He won Second Prize at the 2016 George Enescu Competition and First Prize at the 2018 Seoul International Music Competition. He has performed with leading Korean orchestras including the Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Symphony, and Korean National Symphony, and appeared at venues such as Seoul Arts Center and Lotte Concert Hall. He performs internationally and plays a 1763 Guadagnini on generous loan from the Kumho Cultural Foundation.
Teachers:
Carolin Widmann 2025 – present
Christoph Poppen 2020 – 2025
Namyun Kim 2016 – 2020
Junghyun Kim 2010 – 2016
Preliminaries
Sonata No. 6 in E major — E. Ysaÿe
Sonata in E minor, K. 304 — W. A. Mozart
Paganiniana Variations — N. Milstein
Sicilienne — M. T. von Paradis
Semi-Finals
Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 — L. van Beethoven
Rhapsody No. 3 for Solo Violin — Jessie Montgomery
Sonata No. 2 in G major, Op. 13 — E. Grieg
Caprice d’après l’Étude en forme de Valse, Op. 52 — C. Saint-Saëns/Ysaÿe
Classical Finals
Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216 — W. A. Mozart
Caprice viennois — F. Kreisler (orch. J. Kuusisto)
Finals
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 — L. van Beethoven
