Sundays at Four 2024
Celebrate the joy of live music in a one hour recital series on Sundays at 4pm at The Piano.
‘A Night at the Masquerade’
Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Schumann
Carnaval, Op. 9
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 enjoys an impressive career as a chamber musician and soloist. Her recent solo appearances include concertos with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra.
Alongside her performing accolades, Somi is an official pianist for the International Vocal Competition ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Gisborne International Music Competition and the International Holland Music Sessions. She performs regularly for the New Zealand Opera School and the Auckland Opera Studio.
Somi is a graduate of the University of Auckland and the Royal Academy of Music (UK), where she obtained a Master of Music in solo piano and an Advanced Diploma and Master of Arts in collaborative piano. She was recently awarded the Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) to recognise her contribution to music.
