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{{short description|American violinist of Korean ancestry (born 1962)}}
'''Benny Kim''' (born 14 August 1962, [[Urbana, Illinois]], USA<ref name="Oakes">{{cite news | author=Loisann Oakes | title=Violinist Still On Lvco's Musical Path | url=https://www.mcall.com/1992/03/06/violinist-still-on-lvcos-musical-path/ | work=The Morning Call | date=1992-03-06 | access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref>) is an American [[violin]]ist of Korean ancestry.  One of three sons of Hei Chu Kim and Hyung Ja Kim, his brother Eric Kim is a cellist.<ref>{{cite news | author=Anthony Tommasini | title=Harmonic Friendship Invigorates An Evening | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/25/arts/music-review-harmonic-friendship-invigorates-an-evening.html | work=The New York Times | date=25 February 2002 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref>
Kim's early teachers included Doris Preucil and Almita Vamos.  He studied at the [[Juilliard School]] under [[Dorothy DeLay]], and graduated in 1986 with bachelor's and master's degrees.  In 1981, he was a prize-winner in the [[Saint Louis Symphony]] Young Artist Competition.<ref>{{cite news | author=Tim Page | title=Debuts in Review | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/06/arts/music-debuts-in-review-021619.html?&pagewanted=all | work=The New York Times | date=6 November 1983 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref>  In 1983, he won the [[Young Concert Artists]] competition.<ref>{{cite news | author=Will Crutchfield | title=Naumberg Plays in Damrosch Park | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/18/arts/music-naumburg-plays-in-damrosch-park.html | work=The New York Times | date=18 June 1984 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref>
Kim has a specific focus on chamber music performances<ref>{{cite news | author=Will Crutchfield | title=Juilliard Presents 3d In Contemporary Series | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/24/arts/music-noted-in-brief-juilliard-presents-3d-in-contemporary-series.html | work=The New York Times | date=24 January 1985 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Dave Irwin | title=String Fling | url=http://weeklywire.com/ww/03-01-99/tw_review2.html | work=Tucson Weekly | date=1 March 1999 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author=Vivien Schweitzer | title=New Performance Math: Trio + Quartet = Septet | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/arts/music/30trio.htm | work=The New York Times | date=29 April 2009 | accessdate=2009-08-30}}</ref> and is a regular featured musician at chamber music festivals such as the [[Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival]],<ref>{{cite news | author=John Stege | title=Closing the Chamber Door: With Careful Subtlety to the End | url=http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/closing_the_chamber_door/4018/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914061823/http://www.sfreporter.com/stories/closing_the_chamber_door/4018/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=14 September 2012 | work=Santa Fe Reporter | date=20 August 2008 | accessdate=2009-08-30 }}</ref> [[Music from Angel Fire]], La Jolla SummerFest, [[Chamber Music Northwest]], and the Laurel Festival. He has also been active as a concerto soloist.<ref name="Oakes"/>
In 1995, Kim joined the violin faculty at the [[University of Missouri–Kansas City]], and currently has the title of associate professor.
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100611200924/http://conservatory.umkc.edu/faculty/facultydetail.asp?Faculty_ID=44 University of Missouri - Kansas City biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110723090001/http://www.cmnw.org/artistsSummer.php?ensemble_ID=186 Chamber Music Northwest biography]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110819205701/http://laurelfestival.biontsang.com/b_kim.htm Laurel Festival biography]
* [https://www.wiu.edu/vpaps/foundation_and_development/profiles/kim.php Western Illinois University, page on Hei Chu and Hyung Ja Kim Piano Scholarship]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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