MTD Events
Guest Artist Recital: Kim-Singer-Woo Trio
Date and Time
Monday, January 12, 2026 7:30 PM
Location
Sherman van Solkema Recital Hall
Description
Performer Bios:
Hailed by the New York Times as 'a brilliant soloist' who 'played
with extraordinary precision and luminosity' violinist Fabiola
Kim is a dynamic and versatile artist who enjoys a diverse
career as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and a
pedagogue. Her CD, titled1939 with the Munich Symphony and
Kevin John Edusei has gotten many international acclaims from BBC
magazine, The Strad Magazine, Gramophone, American Record Guide and
many others. After beginning her studies at the age of four, she made
her concerto debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra just three
years later. Ms. Kim is the winner of various awards and competitions,
including the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra's Concerto Competition as
the youngest competitor in the history of the competition to win.
Since then, she has won the Aspen Music Festival Violin Concerto
Competition, The Juilliard Concerto Competition, Livingston Symphony
Orchestra Young Artists Concerto Competition, the Kumho Prodigy Music
Award, an award given to the most promising young musicians in Korea,
and was a prize winner at Corpus Christi International Competition and
the Irving M. Klein International Competition for Strings.
Her upcoming engagements include concerto concerto performances
with Jeonju Symphony, Adrian Symphony, Orchester KlangVerwaltung,
Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra of Szolnok, Sofia Philharmony
orchestra, numerous recitals, and a release of new CD.
She has collaborated with conductors such as Alan Gilbert,
Esa-Pekka Salonen, Gilbert Varga, Jane Glover, and Nicholas McGegan.
Her past solo performances include engagements with the Seoul and
Suwon Philharmonics; an European tour with Suwon Philharmonic
Orchestra to the Bruckner Festival in Linz and Merano Festival in
Merano, Italy, The Juilliard Orchestra, Aspen Philharmonia, the
Kangnam, Korean, Broward, and Prime Symphony Orchestras; the
Livingston Symphony; Koln Chamber Orchestra; North Czech Philharmonic
Orchestra; the American Academy of Conducting at Aspen, Orquestra
Sinfonica OSUANL, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MAV, the Hofer
Sinfoniker, Berlin Symphoniker, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Westdeutche
Sinfionia, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Colburn Orchestra.
An avid Chamber Musician, Ms. Kim has performed at summer
festivals like Aspen Music Festival, Ravinia Steans Institute, Verbier
Festival and La Jolla Music Society Summerfest.
As a devoted pedagogue, Ms. Kim is an Assistant Professor and
full-time faculty at the University of Michigan School of Music,
Theatre and Dance and she is on faculty at the Colburn School.
Additionally, she is a Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of Sounding
Point Academy with Robert Lipsett, and she serves as violin faculty at
Center Stage for Strings.
Ms. Kim received her Artist Diploma at the Colburn School under
the guidance of Robert
Lipsett, and she received her Bachelor and
Master of Music at the Juilliard School under the tutelage of Sylvia
Rosenberg and Ronald Copes.
Dr. Leo Singer is an active American cellist,
teacher, administrator, and scholar. Leo serves as the Artistic
Manager for the University of Michigan Youth Performing Arts
Pre-College, a program that provides world class music instruction to
students in Michigan. Dr. Singer also recently joined the cello
faculty at The University of Michigan - Flint, and Concordia
University - Ann Arbor. In the summer, Leo is on faculty at the
esteemed Center Stage Strings program on the University of Michigan
campus. As a performer, Dr. Singer has enjoyed a multifaceted career
collaborating with many of the great artists of our time, including
members of the Emerson, Cavani, Verona, and Euclid String Quartets, as
well as Clive Greensmith, Carol Wincenc, Fabiola Kim, Robert McDuffie,
and many others. An experienced orchestral musician, Leo has played
principal cello of the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Yale Symphony
Orchestra, the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra, and more. As a
teacher, Leo has seen his students attend the finest music schools and
summer festivals in the world, including the Juilliard School, Rice
University, Manhattan School of Music, The University of Michigan, The
Aspen Music Festival, Pacific Music Festival, Music Academy of the
West and others. An avid scholar of technical studies, Leo authored
his own book Changes of Position, which focuses on principles
and concepts for the left-hand. Previous artistic leadership include
serving as Coordinator and Distinguished Artist of Cello at the
McDuffie Center for Strings, as well as founding and performing as
Artistic Director of the Ann Arbor Chamber Fest. During his college
years, Leo was the Music Director of the Low Strung cello ensemble,
the largest all-cello rock and pop ensemble in the world. This group
has recorded three albums, toured around the United States and the
globe, and continues to perform today. Leo received his Bachelor of
Arts degree from Yale University, where he graduated with distinction
in the Intensive Music Major. He went on to receive his Masterýs
Degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan,
serving as teaching assistant for world renowned pedagogue Richard
Aaron. Previous primary instructors are Ole Akahoshi, Andre Emelianoff
and Sibylle Johner. Leo plays an award-winning cello made by Lawrence
Wilke in 2012, as well as an Italian cello made in the late 1700s.
Praised by the New York Times as a pianist with "assurance
and vitality" Alan Woo made his Lincoln Center
debut at Alice Tully Hall performing with the Juilliard Orchestra
under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He has since collaborated
with conductors Daniel Hege, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and Tito Muñoz in
solo appearances with the Houston Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, and
Music Academy of the West Festival Orchestra.
Woo's recent engagements include solo recitals throughout the US,
Brazil, Europe, and Asia. He has been featured on The McGraw Hill
Financial Young Artists Showcase broadcasted on WQXR in New York and
has performed in venues such as Carnegie's Weill and Zankel Recital
Halls. As chamber musician, he has made appearances at the New York
Philharmonic Ensembles, Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta, Lake
George Music Festival, Chamber Music Athens, Brooklyn Chamber Music
Society, and La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest series, among others.
Born in Arlington, Virginia, Woo is a graduate of The Juilliard
School and Peabody Conservatory where he completed degrees in piano
performance under Robert McDonald and Yong Hi Moon. He currently
teaches at the University of Georgia as an assistant professor of
piano, having previously held positions at Elizabeth City State
University and Peabody Institute.
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Contact
Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance
(616) 331-3484