Violin Lessons

Hee Yeon Kim was born in South Korea and raised in South Africa and the United States. Dr. Kim has collaborated with world-renowned musicians in Chicago and across the world, including Peter Wiley, Miriam Fried, Michael Kannen, Maria Lambros, Ara Gregorian, Hye-Jin Kim, Zvi Plesser, Xiao Dong Wang and Anthony Ross. She has appeared as a soloist with the East Carolina University Symphony peroforming Brahms’ Violin Concerto. As an orchestral player, Hee Yeon Kim has performed with the Ann Arbor Symphony, Jackson Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Evansville Symphony, and more. In addition to performing, she is a passionate teacher having taught a wide range of ages and levels. 

Dr. Kim holds her undergraduate degree from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, her Master’s Degree in Violin Performance from East Carolina University, and her Doctor of Musical Arts in Violin Performance from the University of Michigan. Hee Yeon Kim's primary instructors include Aaron Berofsky, Ara Gregorian, Hye-Jin Kim, Lorenz Gamma, and Mark Kaplan. Outside of being an awesome violin and viola teacher and instructing private music lessons, she enjoys playing volleyball, boardgames, and climbing with her friends.