TRAINING
• 2009: Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins
University, Master’s degree with Boris Slutsky
• 2005-2009: Glenn Gould School of the Royal
Conservatory of Music, undergraduate studies with
Mariette OrlovPRIZES AND AWARDS
• 2010: Dorothy Isabelle/Sir Edmund Walker
Scholarship
• 2008: Royal Conservatory
Scholarship
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Born January 12, 1980 |
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A Canadian citizen from South Korea, Younggun Kim first
studied in Seoul, then Edmonton and finally Toronto. In
October 2008, he made his debut with the Toronto
Philarmonia performing the Brahms First Piano Concerto.
The following season, he was invited back to play the
Rachmaninoff Second Concerto. He has also appeared in
many venues as soloist and in ensembles with musical
organizations in Toronto, including the Canadian Opera
Company, as well as in the Colours of Music Festival in
Barrie, Ontario.
QUARTER FINALS
CLAUDE DEBUSSY * Étude « Pour les arpèges composés »
( Book II, No. 11)
ALEXANDRE SCRIABINE * Étude in C-sharp minor, opus 42,
no 5
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH * Prelude and Fugue No. 4 in C-sharp
minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV
849
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN * Nocturne in B major, opus 62, no 1
SERGUEÏ PROKOFIEV * Sonate no 7 in B-flat major, opus 83
DAVID L. McINTYRE * A Wild Innocence
SEMI-FINALS
JOSEPH HAYDN * Sonate en do mineur, Hob.
XVI:20
ROBERT SCHUMANN * Toccata in C major, opus 7
FRANZ LISZT * Sonata in B minor
FINALS
SERGUEÏ RACHMANINOV * Concerto no 3 in D minor, opus
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