Kim Chee-yun (; born 1970) is a violinist from Seoul, South Korea. Kim performed in Korea at the age of 13. She studied at the Juilliard School with Dorothy DeLay, Hyo Kang, and Felix Galimir. She won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1989 which led to her New York City recital debut at Carnegie Hall. She records for the Denon label.
Kim was appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas in 2008. Besides teaching, she tours and gives recitals and concert performances.
Kim plays the Stradivarius "Ex-Strauss" (Cremona, 1708), loaned by Samsung Corporation. Kim owns a Francesco Ruggieri violin made in the year 1669 which she purchased during the early years of her career. Her violin is speculated to have been buried underground for nearly two hundred years with its previous owner in Norway.
She appeared in the season 7 episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, "Denise Handicap”.
Accolades 1988 winner of The Juilliard School Concerto Competitions 1993 "Nan Pa" award (Korea) 1990 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner
Discography Vocalise - Violin Show Pieces French Violin Sonatas Mendelssohn & Vieuxtemps Concertos Szymanowski & Franck Violin Sonatas Vocalise d'amour Sentimental Memories Penderecki: Orchestral Works Volume 4 The Very Best of Chee-Yun Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole and Saint-Saëns violin concerto No. 3 (1997)
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