Dr. Sonya Suhnhee Kim, an International Steinway Artist, celebrated the opening of her 2006 concert series with a Mozart program during a concert in Vienna, Austria, on Mozart’s 250th Birthday, January 27, 2006. She continues to celebrate his 250th Birthday – the Spirit of Mozart – in various concert venues.
Over the last decade she has lived in Germany, Austria and the United States. She performed solo recitals and chamber music concerts in these countries. While living in Germany, she conducted post-doctoral studies at Frankfurt’s University for the Performing Arts for two and one-half years. She performed in various cities including Frankfurt, Oberammergau, Wiesbaden, and Mainz, including a successful benefit concert for Bosnian children. While in Vienna, she conducted research at the Vienna University, and continues to maintain close relations with her professors, Alexander Jenner and Paul Badura-Skoda.
In addition to recording for KBS Radio and MBC Television in her native Korea, she has performed solo recitals for Washington, D.C.'s classical music station, WGMS. While a faculty member with Keimyung University, she performed solo recitals and appeared with numerous chamber music ensembles throughout Korea.
Dr. Kim severed as chairman of the Youth Orchestra Exchange between U.S. and German Cities from 2002 to 2003 to enrich the lives of young musicians through cultural outreach. She performed as a guest pianist in a chamber music program with musicians of the Aachen Philharmonic Orchestra in 2002. She also performed in a chamber music concert, sponsored by the America Haus, Cologne, Germany, with the musicians of the Aachen University, which critics lauded as “brilliant...elegant.”
In the Nation's Capital area, Dr. Kim has performed diverse solo recitals in various concert halls to include the U.S. State Department, museums, the World Bank, and universities. She taught piano at the Catholic University of America and currently is on the faculty at the George Mason University.
Dr. Kim performed Schubert compositions in the Austrian Embassy on FOX TV’s morning show at the invitation of the Austrian Embassy. Dr. Kim recently performed a chamber music concert with Austria’s acclaimed Aron Quartet in Vienna and a “Spring Concert” in Tyrol, Austria, where she is invited to return every year. She returned this June to Vienna, Austria, to continue celebrating “Mozart’s 250th Birthday – the Spirit of Mozart” by performing a Mozart’s Concerto for Two Pianos and a solo recital during Vienna’s Festwochen 2006.”