Angela Jia Kim (born in

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) is an American classical

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. Kim grew up in

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. Her mother was her first piano teacher, but she later studied at the

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. She received intensive coaching from Sergei Babayan, and her other teachers include Marc Durand,

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, Barry Snyder, Chiu-Ling Lin, and her mother Hannah Kim. Her great uncle was Kim Yong-shik, the South Korean ambassador to the United States under the

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and

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administrations. Her grandfather was Kim Yong-ik, the celebrated writer who moved to the United States in 1948. Kim won her first performance prizes at age four and made her orchestral debut with the Des Moines Symphony at the age of 15. She has toured the United States and Europe as soloist and chamber musician. She has won the 1991 grand prize at the Mozart Festival Competition in

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, as well as the 1997 award for Best Interpretation of French Music by the French Piano Institute in

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. In 2001, Kim recorded Scriabin,

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, Schubert, and Ravel for her debut album, ''Dances and Fantasies''. In 2005, she recorded her second album, ''From Vienna to Paris'', which includes Ravel, Schubert, Haydn, and Schumann. She currently resides in

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, with her husband, Mark and her daughter, Sienna.

Discography

* ''Dances and Fantasies'' (2001) * ''Vienna to Paris'' (2005)

References

15 Questions to Angela Jia Kim
Movement Nouveau (June 20, 2005)

The Herald (April 8, 2004)

External links

Website of Angela Jia Kim
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kim, Angela Jia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American classical musicians of Korean descent American classical pianists American women classical pianists Eastman School of Music alumni Musicians from Iowa People from East Lansing, Michigan Artists from Ames, Iowa Musicians from Manhattan Classical musicians from New York (state) Classical musicians from Michigan 21st-century classical pianists 21st-century American women pianists 21st-century American pianists