Jenny Soonjin Kim has earned an international reputation as a distinguished pianist, fortepianist, and recording artist. As an exclusive artist with SONY Classical, she released her acclaimed solo album, Eternal Beethoven. Known for her dynamic artistry and prolific recording career, Kim has performed and recorded a wide range of keyboard works from Bach to Schoenberg on Arabesque Records, which once nominated her for the Gilmore Artist Award. She has also achieved the world-premiere recording of Johann Friedrich Doles’s keyboard sonatas and the complete keyboard sonatas of Leopold Kozeluch, released as a 12-CD box set by Brilliant Classics.
A celebrated performer on the international stage, Kim performed Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonie at the Musikverein’s Golden Hall in Vienna in 2022, commemorating the 130th anniversary of Korea-Austria diplomatic relations. Following this, she reprised the concerto with the Nürnberger Symphoniker at the Berlin Philharmonie’s Grand Hall in March 2024. She was appointed as a visiting professor for the Wiener Masterclass at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien (MDW) in summer 2024. Currently, Kim is recording Beethoven’s complete five piano concertos with the Savaria Symphonieorchester, under the baton of Maestro Robert Papocsi, with a projected completion in 2026.
Kim promotes Korean and American cultural arts as a key ambassador. In 2023, at the U.S.-Korea 70th Anniversary Concert at Walt Disney Concert Hall, she played a central role in securing funding, coordinating entertainment, and connecting the LA Master Chorale with Korean government representatives.
Kim is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice at Claremont Graduate University, where she leads the piano/fortepiano program and directs the Performance Forum. She also serves on the Board of Directors for the Los Angeles Master Chorale and as Co-Chair of its Gala Host Committee for the 60th anniversary season. Recently, she was offered the role of Regional South Chair for the CAPMT Concerto Competition.
Recordings
Eternal Beethoven: Beethoven Sonata No. 32 in C Minor, Op. 111; 15 Variations and a Fugue on an original Theme “Eroica”, Op. 35; Bagatelles Op. 126, Performed & Recording at Tonzauber studio at Wiener Konzerthaus, Sound producer and engineer: Georg Burdicek, Vienna, Austria, October 2020; Contract with Sony Classical Records, signed November 2021, issued March 2022
Leopold Kozeluch Complete Boxset [12 CDs, Brilliant Classics 95984; issued 2020]
Leopold Kozeluch: Complete Keyboard Sonatas performed on fortepiano. Twelve-CD contract with Brilliant Classics (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands), signed April 2013
Vol. 1 [2 CDs, Brilliant Classics 94770; issued 2015]:
Sonata No. 3 in D Major, Op. 1, No. 3; Sonata No. 4 in B-Flat Major, Op. 2, No. 1
CD 2: Sonata No. 5 in A Major, Op. 2, No. 2; Sonata No. 6 in C Minor, Op. 2, No. 3;
Sonata No. 7 in D Major; Sonata No. 8 in F Major, Op. 5 ‘La Chasse’
Vol. 2 [2 CDs, Brilliant Classics 95155; issued 2016]:
Sonata No. 11 in E- Flat Major, Op. 10, No. 1; Sonata No. 12 in C Major, Op. 10, No. 2
CD 2: Sonata No. 13 in E- Flat Major, Op. 13, No. 1; Sonata No. 14 in G Major, Op. 13, No. 2; Sonata No. 15 in E Minor, Op. 13, Op. 2; Sonata No. 16 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 1
Vol. 3 [ 4 CDs, Brilliant Classics 95836; issued 2020]:
CD 2: Sonata No. 21 in E- Flat Major, Op. 17, No. 3; Sonata No. 22 in F Major, Op 20 No. 1; Sonata No 23 in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2; Sonata 24 in D Minor, Op. 20, No. 3; Sonata No. 25 in D Major, Op. 26, No. 1
CD 3: Sonata No. 26 in A Minor, Op. 26, No. 2; Sonata No. 27 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26, No. 3; Sonata No. 28 in B- Flat Major, Op. 30, No. 1; Sonata No. 29 in G Major, Op. 30, No. 2
CD 4: Sonata No. 30 in C Minor, Op. Op. 30, No. 3; Sonata No. 31 in F Major, Op. 35, No. 1; Sonata No. 32 in A Major, Op. 35, No. 2; Sonata No. 33 in G Minor, Op. 35, No. 3
Vol. 4 [ 4 CDs, Brilliant Classics 95980; issued 2020]:
CD 2: Sonata No. 39 in C Minor/ Major, Op. 51, No. 2; Sonata No. 40 in D Minor, Op. 51, No. 3; Sonata No. 41 in G Major, Op. 53, No. 1; Sonata No. 42 in F Major, Op. 53, No. 2; Sonata No. 43 in E-Flat, Op. 53, No. 3
CD 3: Sonata No. 44 in F Major (before 1773) ; Sonata No. 45 in A Major (before 1776) ; Sonata No. 46 in C Major; Sonata No. 47 in E-Flat Major
CD 4: Sonata No. 48 in B-Flat Major; Sonata No. 49 in A Major; Sonata No. 50 in E Minor
Johann Friedrich Doles, Jr.: Complete Keyboard Sonatas; performed on fortepiano. CD contract with Brilliant Classics (Leeuwarden, The Netherlands)
CD: [6 Sonatas, Brilliant Classics 95454; issued 2018]
Master Composers, Vol. 1 [Arabesque Records Z6812; issued September 2010]: Béla Bartók, Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20; Frédéric Chopin, Ballade in A-flat Major, Op. 47 and Etude No.5, Op. 10; Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue No.1, WTC Book 1; Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, Op. 110
Master Composers, Vol. 2 [Arabesque Records Z6813; issued November 2010]: Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude and Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 884; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Sonata in B-flat Major, K. 333; Arnold Schoenberg, Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19; Sergei Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Frédéric Chopin, Étude Op. 25, No. 10 in B minor
Master Composers, Vol. 3 [Arabesque Records Z6814; issued April 2011]: Arnold Schoenberg, Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op.19; Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111; Béla Bartók, Out of Doors; Franz Liszt, Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Piano
Fortepiano
Performance Forum