Helen Kim
First Violins
Jane and Whitney Harris Chair
Helen Kim began her violin studies at the age of
six and made her solo debut with an orchestra three years later. An avid
chamber musician, she garnered first prize in the strings division at the 2010
Coleman Competition with her trio and also at the 2011 Yale Chamber Music
Society Competition. She was Associate Concertmaster of the New York String
Orchestra during the 2009-10 series, and served as Concertmaster for three
consecutive years of the symphony and chamber orchestras at the University of
Southern California, where she earned her bachelor’s degree. Helen Kim received
her master’s degree at Yale University in May 2011 and joined the St. Louis
Symphony as a full-time member in September of 2012.
