David Hyun-Su

Regarded “as among the finest pianists of his generation” (WholeNote), DAVID HYUN-
SU KIM has been acclaimed as a musician who “rivals Golden Age pianists. [His playing is]
brilliant artistry indeed, … nuanced and naturally phrased, clear and poetic… A performer of artistry, integrity, and interest” (Early Music America).

David’s early interests were in math, philosophy, and chemistry, and he matriculated at Cornell University as a Presidential Research and National Merit Scholar. A life-changing encounter with Beethoven’s piano sonatas convinced him to trade the lab stool for the piano bench and he launched himself into music, earning degrees from Harvard, Yale, Cornell, and the New England Conservatory. He has performed in Australia, South Korea, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Italy, Germany, the UK, and throughout North America. He has conducted residencies at Stanford, Bucknell, Indiana-Bloomington, Duke, and Pennsylvania State Universities, the Universities of Utah, Washington, Wyoming, and Colby, and Bowdoin Colleges, as well as serving as guest speaker and performer at the University of Michigan Piano Festival and the University of California-Berkeley’s Piano Institute, and appearances at the Banff, Orvieto, and Norfolk Music festivals.

David’s recent all-Schumann recording was praised as “endlessly fascinating… [T]his familiar music yields unexpected depth and a sheer beauty that is unrivaled by performances on modern instruments… playing of the highest order” (ConcertoNet.com).