Born in Seoul, South Korea, violist Jiwon Grace Kim is a two-time alumna of the Heifetz Institute, and the second-prize winner of the 2022 Washington International Competition. Jiwon made her U.S. debut in the United States at the age of 16, performing as a soloists with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra as a soloist. As an avid chamber musician, Jiwon has collaborated with A Far Cry Chamber Orchestra, Philip and David Ying, Philip Setzer, and Heifetz Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen. Other festivals she has attended include the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Music Academy of the West, the Yellow Barn Young Artists Program, and the Music@Menlo Young Performers Program. Jiwon previously studied with Mai Motobuchi at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts, and Jeffrey Irvine at the Cleveland Institute of Music. She currently studies with Hsin-Yun Huang and Misha Amory at the Curtis Institute of Music, and is grateful to play a Siefried bow generously on loan from The Maestro Foundation.