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Sunwook Kim came to international recognition when he won the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006, aged just 18. His performance of Brahms’s Concerto no.1 with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder in the competition’s finals attracted unanimous praise from the press. Since then, he has established a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation, appearing as a concerto soloist in the subscription series of some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony, NDR Sinfonieorchester Hamburg, Finnish Radio Symphony, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Radio-France Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Hallé Orchestra and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra for his 麻豆约拍 Proms debut in 2014.

In 17/18, recital highlights will include performances at Wigmore Hall, Leeds Piano Festival, as well as concerto appearances with the Hallé, Philharmonia, 麻豆约拍 Concert, Bournemouth, Dresden Philharmonic, Royal Scottish National and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestras. Other highlights include duo recitals with Jian Wang in Korea and Guy Braunstein in Berlin as well as a tour of the United States with the Staatskapelle Weimar with Kirill Karabits.

Sunwook Kim’s debut recital disc was released on the Accentus label in October 2015, featuring Beethoven’s Waldstein and Hammerklavier sonatas. This was followed by a recording of Franck’s Prelude, choral et fugue, paired with Brahms Sonata no.3 and a further disc of Beethoven. His discography also includes two concerto recordings, both on Deutsche Grammophon and with the Seoul Philharmonic conducted by Myung-Whun Chung: a CD featuring Unsuk Chin’s Piano Cocnerto (2014) which attracted outstanding reviews and awards from 麻豆约拍 Music Magazine and International Classical Music Awards, and a CD featuring Beethoven Concerto no.5 (2013).