South Korean violinist Seohyun Kim was revealed as a rising star on the international stage when she became the youngest-ever winner of the 2023 Tibor Varga International Competition at only 14. Prior to this, she had already won first prize at the Ysaÿe International Music Competition and the Leonid Kogan International Violin Competition in 2021, as well as the Cooper International Competition in 2022, making her the youngest winner in the competition’s history.
Born in 2008, Seohyun Kim garnered attention for her extraordinary performance of the Sibelius Concerto at the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra’s New Year’s Concert, conducted by Jaap van Zweden in 2025. Other recent performances with orchestras include the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in Tallinn, Hungary’s Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra at Müpa Budapest, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Basque National Youth Orchestra, Canton Symphony Orchestra in Ohio, as well as several Korean orchestras (Korean National Symphony Orchestra, Kumho Young Artist Concert, Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Mokpo Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon International Music Festival Orchestra, and the Daegu Opera House). In 2026, she will tour with the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Germany and Korea, playing the Brahms Double Concerto with Daniel Müller-Schott under Andris Poga.
