Wonkak Kim
Captivating Audiences Around the World
Korean-born clarinetist Wonkak Kim has captivated audiences around the globe with his “excellent breath control” (The Washington Post
An avid chamber musician, Kim has been invited to OK Mozart, Norfolk, Osaka, and South Korea’s ISCM Pan Music festivals, working with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Tokyo, Artis, Brentano and Hayden string quartets. Kim is a founding member of enhakē, the award-winning clarinet-violin-cello-piano quartet praised for its “rock solid rhythmic integrity” as well as “strength in balance, intonation, and musicality” (The New York Concert Review
Currently, Kim is Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of Oregon School of Music. Prior to his appointment at UO, Kim served as Associate Professor of Clarinet at Tennessee Tech University (2012-2017), where he received numerous faculty awards including the Derryberry Faculty Award and the QEP Award for Excellence in Innovative Instruction. Kim served as the principal clarinetist of the Bryan Symphony Orchestra and performed with the Cumberland Quintet, both faculty ensembles-in-residence at Tennessee Tech. Kim is regularly invited as a guest artist and teacher at world’s renowned institutions, including the Juilliard School, Manhattan School of Music, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and many universities and conservatories throughout the US, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. In 2013, Kim was named a College Music Society Ambassador to Korea. For more information, please visit the artist’s website at www.wonkak.com.