#67 - Interview with Korean Pianist Yerin Kim

My guest on the 67th Episode of "Dress Rehearsal", is Pianist Yerin Kim, who has been praised by the International Piano Magazine as a “pianist of beautiful finesse and golden tone” and “powerful and engaging, poetic and expressive with some truly original interpretive insights, all performed with a great technique” by Phoenix Classical. Dr. Yerin Kim is a recitalist, chamber musician, and educator. She has given concerts in various festivals and recitals in major venues internationally, including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. and Carnegie Hall in New York. Her solo debut album "First and Last Words" can be heard on Sheva Recording Label and her duo album “The Sound and the Fury” with violinist Brendan Shea by the Blue Griffin Recording Label. Her duo has been praised by major magazines and critics such as Strings Magazine, the BBC Music Magazine, and the Calgary Herald. Dr. Kim is also passionate about outreach and education and she is the founder and director of Sensory Friendly Music and Autism Concert Series, Co-artistic Director of Chamber Music in the Bend, as well as Pianofest at Central Washington University and Music & Autism concert series. Dr. Kim is currently the Director of Keyboard Studies at Central Washington University where she teaches piano and chamber music. Prior to CWU, she taught at the University of Notre Dame as Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor and has taught at pre-college programs at Indiana University Bloomington and Stony Brook University. Dr. Kim holds a Double Degree in Piano Performance and Psychology from Oberlin Conservatory and College, a Master of Music from Indiana University Bloomington, and Doctor of Musical Arts from Stony Brook University. During the hour we will touch on a few topics, first on the concept of "neurodiversity" and how it can help the process of teaching music to people with learning diversities and then we also talk about Robert Schumann and how his mind led him to compose some of the most touching music. We'll also listen to Dr. Kim perform the first and the last piece, written for the piano, by Robert Schumann, plus some other music by Alfred Schnittke. Don't miss it!