Dawn
Violin
Dawn Kim is a violinist based in New York City, with a deep commitment to both classical and contemporary music. Originally from South Korea, she began her violin studies at the age of six and later joined the Juilliard Pre-College Division at twelve, studying under Hyo Kang and I-Hao Lee. At eleven, she made her Carnegie Hall debut as a winner of the American Protégé Music Competition.
Dawn holds both Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from The Juilliard School, where she studied with Laurie Smukler and Joseph Lin. She has received additional mentorship from internationally acclaimed artists including Almita Vamos, David Chan, and Pierre Amoyal.
A dedicated chamber musician, Dawn has participated in festivals all around the world including the Yellowbarn Young Artists Program, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Pablo Casals Festival (France), the Singapore Violin Festival, Incheon Hic et Nunc (South Korea,) and the Mozarteum Summer Academy (Austria.) She has worked with members of the Juilliard String Quartet (past and present), Mark Steinberg of the Brentano Quartet, and members of the Shanghai and Meta4 Quartets.
Dawn is equally active in new music, and took part in the premiere of a new work at Alice Tully Hall, which was awarded the Gena Raps Piano Chamber Music Prize. As a quartet fellow at EAMA, she helped workshop and record new compositions by emerging composers. Her violin-piano duo with pianist Lucia Li explores jazz-pop crossovers and music by underrepresented composers.
An enthusiastic educator, Dawn has served as a teaching fellow in Juilliard’s Morse Teaching Artist Fellowship, assisting with group violin classes in NYC public schools. She also taught in the Juilliard Music Advancement Program (MAP), coaching young musicians aged 9–17 in orchestral and ensemble settings. She believes in empowering students to use music as a means of self-expression and creative connection.