Valerie Kim, violin

Hometown: New York City

Meet Valerie

Valerie performed on Show 307, recorded in Boston, MA, on June 28, 2015, at age 17.

Valerie Kim, 17, violin, hails from Edgewater, NJ, and has played the violin for 8 years. She has studied with some of the world’s foremost pedagogues including Donald Weilerstein, Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin, and currently attends Juilliard Pre-College where she participates in their youth symphony, as well as a string quartet. Ms. Kim has been a participant of the Perlman Music Program Summer Music School for several years in a row now, and has performed in the La Jolla Music Society Summer Fest. Outside of music, Valerie enjoys photography, cooking, and reading.

Listen to Valerie

Show 307: Boston, Massachusetts
Tango (por Una Cabeza), by Carlos Gardel, arr. John Williams

Show 338, New York, New York
II. Elegia and III. Intermezzo from “Fantasy” for String Quintet by Justin Zeitlinger