Bomsori Kim

Bomsori is an acclaimed violinist celebrated for her captivating performances and technical brilliance. She has appeared with top orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Vienna Symphony, collaborating with renowned conductors such as Fabio Luisi, Paavo Järvi, and Marin Alsop. Her 2024/25 season highlights include opening with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Santtu-Matias Rouvali, debuts with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and tours with the Bamberg Symphony and Jakub Hrůša. She also returns to the Concertgebouw and Hong Kong, and makes her Wigmore Hall debut.

Bomsori has performed at prestigious venues like Carnegie Hall, Musikverein and Royal Albert Hall. She is a frequent guest at major festivals, including Verbier, Rheingau, and Schleswig-Holstein. In 2021, she was named the Rheingau Musik Festival’s Focus Artist and began a five-year residency at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. 

A prizewinner at the ARD, Tchaikovsky, and Queen Elisabeth Competitions, she has received awards such as Korea’s Young Artist Award. Her Deutsche Grammophon discography includes Violin on Stage and a duo album with Rafał Blechacz, which won the Fryderyk Music Award. Her latest recording of the Nielsen Violin Concerto with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi won the 2024 BBC Music Magazine Award in the category of concerto recordings.

Born in South Korea, Bomsori studied at Seoul National University with Young Uck Kim and at The Juilliard School with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes. She plays the 1725 Guarnerius del Gesù “ex-Moller”, generously loaned by The Samsung Foundation of Culture and The Stradivari Society of Chicago.