First Prize Winner of the 2011 Crescendo International Music Competition – resulting in a trip and solo performances in St. Petersburg, Russia – summer, 2011
Admitted as a scholarship student at the music department of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York (fall, 2011)
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner of the Solo Elementary A Category at the 2011 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner at the 2011/12 Crescendo International Music Competition
Gold Prize Winner at the 2011 Prima International Competition and Festivals
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner at the 2011/12 Crescendo International Music Competition
Gold Prize Winner at the 2011 Prima International Competition and Festival
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner at the 2009 American Protege International Piano & Strings Competition – resulting in a performance at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall
First Prize Winner of the Senior Performance Category at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner of the Senior Solo Piano Category at the 2009 Mid-Atlantic Music Teachers Guild Competition in New Jersey
Admitted to the undergraduate music program at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ, fall 2009)
Read MoreWQXR Radio Broadcast Debut on Bob Sherman’s young talent show, June 27, 2007, Rachmaninoff, Haydn & Chopin (from Merkin Hall’s debut);
Debut Recital at Merkin Concert Hall, NY, on December, 17, 2006 – at age 10 – included J.S. Bach’s complete Goldberg Variations and 6 Chopin Etudes, as well as music by Haydn, Schubert, Gluck-Sgambati and Rachmaninoff. The Korean Daily newspaper reviewed the recital citing that ” ‘Dream Tree’ ten-year-old Hyung-Do Kim demonstrated the infinite possibilities of a great performer at his New York debut at Merkin Concert Hall. He played the forty-minute Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach with impressive confidence – like a massive, great pianist. He entertained and delighted the audience with lovely selections in the second half and received a standing ovation which brought him back for several more encores.”
Read MoreAdmitted to the undergraduate program at Mannes College of Music as a student of Vladimir Feltsman (fall, 2007)
First Prize Winner at the 2006 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
Read MoreHonorable Mention Recipient at the 2007 Connecticut International Young Artist Competition
Read MoreAdmitted to the undergraduate program at the New England Conservatory as a full scholarship student (fall, 2006)
Read MoreDebut Recital at Klavierhaus, NY, June 19, 2005
First Prize Winner at the 2004 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
Read MoreDebut Recital at Klavierhaus, NY, June 28, 2002
Top Awards at the International Concert Alliance (ICA) Competition in New York for 3 consecutive years (2000-2002)
Read MoreTop Award Winner at both the 2003 & 2004 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
Read MoreHonorable Mention Recipient at the ICA Competition in New York, 2004
Top Award Winner at the ICA Competition in New York, 2002
Read MoreFirst Prize at the ICA Competition in New York, 2003
Second Prize at the 2003 International Musica Classica Festival Competition, Puigcerda, Spain
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner of the ICA Competition in New York for 3 consecutive years (2000-2002)
Alice Tully Hall debut representing the U.S. at the U.S.-China Foundation Concert, 2001
Read MoreTop Award Winner at the 2001 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
Top Award Winner at the 2001 ICA Competition in New York
Read MoreDebut Recital at the Juilliard School, Morse Hall, June 23, 2000
First Prize Winner at the 2000 ICA Competition in New York
Read MoreFirst Prize Winner at the 1999 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
First Prize Winner of the 1997 Bloomingdale House of Music Performance Competition
Read MoreDebut Recital at the Turtle Bay Music School, New York City, June 25, 1999
First Prize Winner at the 1999 New York City Piano Teachers Congress Competition
