THROWBACK THURSDAY | Bomsori Kim Performs at 2013 ARD Competition

Watch the South Korean violinist's second-prize winning performance of Brahms' Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77

Kim performed with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Antonio Méndez at the 2013 ARD International Violin Competition.

A graduate of The Juilliard School, where she studied with Sylvia Rosenberg and Ronald Copes, Kim is a former major prize winner at the Wieniawski, Montreal, Joseph Joachim, Tchaikovsky, Sendai, Sibelius, Qingdao, and ARD International Violin Competitions.

This year's semi-final and final rounds of the ARD Competition are being held in Munich, Germany from September 10 - 12, 2021.

The 6 candidates advancing to the in-person semi-final stage were announced this week.

The first prize winner of the violin category will receive € 10,000. All prize winners will also be offered a number of important debut performances and recording opportunities to help bolster the start of their careers.

Previous ARD Competition category first prize winners include Yuri Bashmet, Christian Tetzlaff, Antoine Tamestit, Natalia Gutman, Christoph Eschenbach, Nobuko Imai, Jessye Norman, and Mitsuko Uchida — all springboarding on to major international careers.

As the competition's official international media and broadcast partner, all rounds will be streamed LIVE here on The Violin Channel. You won't miss a beat.