The Piano Presents, Sundays at Four 2023
Celebrate the joy of live music in a one-hour recital series.

Sunday, March 19
Somi Kim

Programme:
Janet Jennings - Aotearoa Pictures at an Exhibition (world premiere)
Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition

Hailed for her “breath-taking range of colour, tone and inflection” (The Times), South Korean-born New Zealand pianist Somi Kim is one of Aotearoa’s most sought-after pianists.
A winner of the Royal Over-Seas League Accompanist Prize and the Gerald Moore Award for Accompanists, Somi performs extensively as the pianist of NZTrio, one of New Zealand’s most indispensable ensembles. Her recent solo appearances include concertos with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.

Somi is a graduate of the University of Auckland and the Royal Academy of Music (UK) where she obtained a Masters in both solo and collaborative piano with Distinction. She was recently awarded the Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) to recognise her contribution to music.