Jung-eun Kim was born in Changwon, South Korea, and made her solo debut with the Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra at age 11. Since then, she has won several prizes both in the United States and Korea, including the 2019 San Francisco Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition, 2019 Barbara Fritz Chamber Music Award, 2017 Berkeley Piano Club Dorothy Van Waynen Competition, 2014 Ceramic Palace Hall Concours and 2014 Music Education News Concours. She made solo appearances in the winners’ concerts of all of the above-mentioned competitions.

Jung-eun has concertized with numerous symphony orchestras, including the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Konkuk Symphony Orchestra, Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, and Changwon Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and she was also featured on NPR’s From the Top program, broadcast nation-wide. She has participated in master classes with legendary musicians such as Leon Fleisher, John Perry and Garrick Ohlsson. She is currently pursuing her Artist Diploma in piano performance at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where she received Master’s degrees in both solo and chamber piano under Yoshikazu Nagai and Jon Nakamatsu.