Percussionist Eun Hye Kim entered the Korea
National University of Arts as a gifted student while attending Seoul Arts High
School, studying under Kwang-seo Park. She graduated Conservatoire à
Rayonnement Régional de Paris with the highest performer course under the
guidance of Frédéric Macarez and Eric Sammut. Since returning to Korea, she has
actively introduced various programs and lesser-known repertoires. Particularly
enjoying new attempts through collaboration with contemporary composers, she
premiered a piece by Jae-ho Jang, leader of the Tacit Group, at her 2011 solo
recital. She also performed as part of the percussion duo Moitié, commissioning
works from six composers for a planned performance in 2017. She was invited to
ACL (Asian Composers League) in 2017 and Changakhoe in 2018 to present various
new compositions.
Starting the marimba at the age of 4, she
showcased exceptional musical talent as a soloist and ensemble member. At 14,
she won the grand prize at the Korean Percussion Competition, placed in the
Japan Marimba Competition, received the Talent Award at the World Marimba
Competition, and won first place in the solo division of the International
Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Poland. She has collaborated with the
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Symphony
Orchestra, Chungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Gwangju Philharmonic Orchestra, and
KNUA Orchestra. She has held solo recitals at Kumho Art Hall Young Artist
Series, Chosun Ilbo New Music Concert, Seoul Arts Center New Year's Concert,
KBS Invitation Concert, Perkumania International Percussion Festival in Paris,
and the 1st Seoul International Percussion Festival in 2010. In 2005, she was
invited to the Taipei Percussion Convention as Asia's top female marimbist,
performing solo and in quartets. She was also invited as a judge for the Taiwan
Marimba Competition in 2006. Currently, she is a member of the Ensemble TIMF,
Seoul Percussion Ensemble, and percussion duo Moitié, and serves as a professor
at the Korea National University of Arts School of Music.

