Mihi Kim

In France and Germany, Ms. Kim distinguished herself by training at some of the finest music schools: Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Hochschule für Musik in Munich (where she earned her Master’s degree), and the ‘perfectionnement’ level at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris where she also earned the French national teaching award for her instrument.

Ms. Kim has also participated in numerous international competitions. Among her honors are first prize at the International Music Competition of Bayreuth in 2000 and a laureate of the fifth Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competition in Paris in 1988. Her passion for new techniques is the origin of her first interactive flute method for beginners, “Fluting Up!” and “Fluting Up LS”. They are currently published in 6 languages. (Editions du Leitmotiv, Paris).

Ms. Kim is currently pursuing her career as an international soloist in Europe and Asia, and regularly gives master classes in France and abroad. She has taught in Germany, Korea, Taiwan, Serbia, Japan, and Slovenia, and will soon teach in Italy, the US, England, and Chile. She also currently teaches at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot” and Issy-Les-Moulineaux. At 10 years old Alain Marion noticed her, and she traveled to Europe to continue her studies with him, Andras Adorjan, Paul Meisen and Pierre-Yves Artaud.

Her collaboration with the composer Régis Campo led her to produce two CDs – “Autoportraits”, published by Mandala/Harmonia Mundi, and a second disc on the Aeon label. She is slated to have two more CDs finished by the end of the year: a disc with works by Asian composers and featuring traditional songs, and a collection of baroque Sonatas played on the piccolo.

She currently teaches at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris “Alfred Cortot” and Issy-Les-Moulineaux. She has also been a member of the Ensemble Multilatérale since 2005.