Jonah Kim is an artist of great charisma and originality. Kim’s beauty of tone is immediately distinguishable by its signature sweetness. He invites the listener in with “the cozy warmth of a well-loved cashmere sweater" (Gramophone), then “dives into the music with courage underpinned by formidable technical prowess, with which he achieves a dazzling performance” (All About the Arts). 

Kim made his solo debut with Wolfgang Sawallisch and the Philadelphia Orchestra at 12 years of age and has since captured the hearts of audiences around the world. Beyond the stage, his newest recording of the Kodaly Solo Sonata is being praised for “[capturing] the very elusiveness that gives the music its substance” (Gramophone) and “flawless delivery of its herculean technical demands” (The Strad).

Named artistic director of Festival San Miguel de Allende in 2023, Kim is known for his unique programming, in which creativity and wide-ranging taste are guided by beauty. The presentations have been compared to “masques of Henry Purcell or the Gesamtkunstwerk operas of Richard Wagner” (San Luis Obispo Review).

—Artist Biography Written by M. Abel