“A scintillating performance… Pianist Grace Kim was brilliant.” The Press
Winston Churchill Fellow Grace Kim enjoys a multifaceted career as pianist, creative director, educator, and researcher.
As a former child prodigy, she was a prizewinner of Bellini International Piano Competition (Italy), Citta di Marsala International Piano Competition, and National Keyboard Winner of the 2000 Symphony Australia Young Performers Award, also receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Trust.
After graduating from Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she gained two Master of Music degrees at Melbourne University and Rotterdam Conservatorium (Cum Laude) and was the Inaugural Fellow of the Australian National Academy of Music.
In 2006 she performed before the Dutch Royal Family at 400th anniversary celebrations of Dutch-Australian contact, and in 2007/08 she was the Artistic Director of the Summer Concert Series at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
Back in Australia, Grace founded Sensory Concerts® to provide access to quality concerts for the neurodivergent community. Her research is published in The Arts in Psychotherapy journal.
In addition to her private teaching and performing, Grace enjoys her diverse roles at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music; as a casual academic, and a teacher in the Rising Stars Program fostering young talents. Grace is also undertaking PhD research at The University of Sydney, where she is also a tutor for Psychology of Music.