INTERVIEW
February 15, 2021

Episode 2: Jihyun Kim

Composing with Disbelief in Fairy Tales

Han Chen talks with composer Jihyun Kim about her musical background and studying in America. She moved to the States to pursue her graduate studies at Indiana and Cornell Universities. She is now teaching at Washington State University. Performance of Kim's Etude No. 1 "Effervescent" recorded on December 20, 2020, in New York.

 
 
 
 
 

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