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Eun Hee Kim, a native of South Korea, is quickly gaining a reputation
as an up-and-coming soprano. She begins the fall season as Liu in
Turandot with Sol Opera Company in Korea in October in Seould and
Pusan. Described as “She was exquisite… her silvery soprano and
expressive intensity lent heartbreaking pathos to the aria” (The Plain
Dealer), Ms Kim made her professional operatic debut with Cleveland
Opera as Li in their production of Turandot. Beside Li her
operatic roles include Pamina in Die Zauberflöte with Eugene
Opera, Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffman, Romilda in Serse with the
Maryland Opera Studio, the leading role of Suor Angelica at the
Intermezzo Young Artist Program, Micaela in Carmen, Fiordiligi in Cosi
fan tutte, and Mimi in La Bohème at the Manhattan School of
Music. She also made her debut with the Westfield Symphony
Orchestra as soloist in the Verdi Requiem. She has also appeared in many Art Song recitals and concerts with orchestras such as Korean National Orchestra, New York Sinfonietta, Maryland Repertoire Symphony Orchestra, the Ukraine National Orchestra and Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. She especially, won public recognition as a concert artist through the Cleveland Art Song Festival. Ms. Kim made her New York debut with the New York Sinfonietta. Ms. Kim is the third place winner of the 2006 Classical Singer’s AudComps. She also won the First Prize and the Audience Choice Award at the 2006 Annapolis Opera Annual Vocal Competition, the 2005 Belle Voci National Competition (1st prize), the 2004 Marie E. Crump Vocal Arts Competition (1st prize), and the Washington District competition in the 2002-2003 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the Ewha Womans University in Korea, Master’s degree and Professional Studies at the Manhattan school of Music and her doctoral degree in Music at the University of Maryland. 9/1/09 |