DR. KYUNGHOON KIM, PIANIST
Woodhaven Christian Church is blessed to have Kyunghoon Kim as pianist, enhancing our worship services with his talents. Learn a bit about Kyunghoon in the abbreviated biography below, and then listen to a few recordings of his special arrangements of hymns as he performed them at Woodhaven.
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A native of South Korea, Kyunghoon made his debut at the age of 12 with Solideo Philharmonic Orchestra. He has been featured as a piano soloist with numerous orchestras in South Korea, Vietnam, and the United States, including two appearances with the Indiana University Symphony Orchestra as a concerto competition winner.
Kyunghoon’s early education in music composition in his teenage years led him to his current activities as an arranger of classical, jazz, and pop songs for solo piano and four-hands piano settings. These arrangements are performed by him and his wife, pianist Elizabeth Yao, and uploaded to his YouTube channel. More than 5,000 copies of his music have been sold on Musicnotes through his official partnership with them as a Signature Artist.
Kyunghoon earned a Doctor of Music degree in Piano Performance with double minors in Music Theory and Early Music (Harpsichord) at Indiana University, where he also completed his Master of Music degree. Kyunghoon earned his Bachelor of Music degree in Piano Performance from Seoul National University, where he graduated as valedictorian of his class. Kyunghoon will be on the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music as a Visiting Lecturer in Chamber and Collaborative Music, starting Fall 2024.
