DG Kim

© 2021 DG Kim

DG Kim

© 2021 DG Kim

Music

Music has been a big part of my life from a young age: I started on piano at the age of 6 and cello at the age of 7. Somewhat early on, it became apparent that cello was to become my primary instrument. At the age of 12, I stood in front of an orchestra as a conductor for the first time (it was my middle school orchestra). That, coupled with a slowly increasing knowledge of standard orchestral repertoire, began to awaken my desire to conduct.

For many years, I have been arranging and orchestrating music for different occasions. I have arranged music from as small as 4 or 5 celli up to a full symphony orchestra. From original musicals to classical performances, I have had a lot of fun creating music for ensembles of all sizes. Please feel free to get in touch about your arrangement and orchestration needs. Check out one of my scores.

Awards

Isidore and Helen Sacks Memorial Prize

For extraordinary achievement in the arts, granted each year by Princeton University to the student of greatest promise in the performance of classical music.

Domey/Gillespie Young Artists Competition

Won in 2013 and performed Variations on a Rococo Theme by Tchaikovsky with the Washington-Idaho Symphony.

Musicfest Northwest Young Artist

Won in 2012 and performed the second and third movements of the Saint-Saens Cello Concerto with the Spokane Symphony.

Ensembles

Current
Past

Media

Senior Recital

For my senior recital for the Certificate for Musical Performance in Conducting, I brought together about 30 musicians and conducted and performed on the piano and cello. This performance gave me the chance to showcase both my instrumental studies as well as the conducting experience I built over my years at college. I also made an orchestra and cello arrangement of "Songs my Mother Taught Me" by Dvorak, dedicated to my parents, who have made me the person and musician that I am.

Repertoire

Conducting [Performed]
Below are works that I have performed with an ensemble in the past.
  • Bach: Violin Concerto in A Minor
  • Beethoven: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3, Symphony No. 5, Symphony No. 6, Symphony No. 7
  • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suite No. 2
  • Brahms: Symphony No. 3
  • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
  • Copland: Appalachian Spring
  • Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Serenade for Strings
  • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Porgy and Bess Symphonic Picture
  • Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1
  • Marquez: Danzon No. 2
  • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian", Violin Concerto
  • Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24, Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, Symphony No. 25, Symphony No. 40, Die Zauberflote
  • Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
  • Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
  • Schubert: Symphony No. 4
  • Schumann: Piano Concerto
  • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 9
  • Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture
  • Vivaldi: Concerto for Four Violins in B Minor
Cello
  • Bach: Suite for Solo Cello No. 1, 2, 4
  • Beethoven: Cello Sonata No. 1
  • Brahms: Sonata No. 1 in E Minor
  • Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Songs my Mother Taught Me (Kreisler)
  • Elgar: Cello Concerto in E Minor
  • Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major
  • Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto No. 1 in G Minor
  • Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody
  • Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata
  • Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto in A Minor
  • Sarsate: Zigeunerweisen
  • Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata
  • Schumann: Cello Concerto
  • Strauss: Don Quixote
  • Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso, Variations on a Rococo Theme