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The University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen is planning to appoint the internationally renowned musician Sara Kim as Professor of Viola and Chamber Music, effective April 1st, 2025. With her impressive international career and her dedication to teaching, she brings a wealth of expertise to the establishment of a new viola and chamber music class at HfK. Applications for the summer semester 2025 remain open until December 8th, 2024.
Born in 1988 in Daejeon, South Korea, Sara Kim received her musical training at the Gnessin Special School in Moscow and the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, where she transitioned from violin to viola. She later graduated with top honors from the Berlin University of the Arts' instrumental soloist programme. Her artistic journey was further enriched by studies with the Artemis Quartet in their chamber music programme and a masterclass at the University of Music and Theatre Munich.
Sara Kim has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician at prestigious festivals, including the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and the Gstaad Menuhin Festival. She has collaborated with leading orchestras such as the Konzerthaus Orchestra Berlin, the Braunschweig State Orchestra, and the Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra. A career highlight was her 2012 performance at Bellevue Palace for German President Joachim Gauck, by invitation of the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben (English: German Foundation for Musical Life).
Her extensive orchestral background includes serving as principal viola with the Braunschweig State Orchestra and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, along with guest appearances with ensembles like the Deutsche Oper Berlin and MDR Symphony Orchestra Leipzig. In addition to her performance career, Sara Kim has honed her teaching skills as a lecturer at the music universities in Berlin, Munich, and Leipzig.
With Sara Kim, HfK Bremen will gain a top-class musician and educator who is appreciated worldwide for her energetic and colourful interpretations. Following her appointment, Sara Kim will aim to further develop the university's viola class. Interested students are encouraged to apply for the summer semester 2025 before the December 8th, 2024 deadline.
About the University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen
Around 1,000 students from over 50 countries, 64 professors, 85 administrative staff and around 150 lecturers make Bremen University of the Arts a lively place.
The HfK is a university of apparent contrasts. It is regionally anchored and yet extremely internationally orientated. It extends across various locations in the city, which are very different, from classicist to floating and contemporary. It is both an art and music university. This context, which characterises the university, is of particular quality and forms a framework that enables both collective and individual artistic development to be strengthened.
The study programme includes Fine Arts, Integrated Design, Digital Media as well as Artistic and Artistic-Pedagogical Education in Music. Since 2020, the HfK has also offered the opportunity to complete a doctorate as part of the artistic-scientific PhD programme, particularly in the focus areas of Integrated Design and Digital Media. Dialogue and collaboration are specifically promoted through open courses and joint examination supervision as well as workshops, studios and thematic projects. With around 400 events a year, the HfK is one of the cultural and social pillars of the city of Bremen.
The relationship between the members of the university community, their diverse collaborations, the close-knit supervision and the various regional and international collaborations help the students to develop strong individual characters. This ultimately results in work that is highly relevant to society.
http://Further information: https://www.hfk-bremen.de/en/news/apply-now-music/1075
The HfK Bremen intends to appoint Sara Kim as professor of viola and chamber music.
Moritz Küstner
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The HfK Bremen intends to appoint Sara Kim as professor of viola and chamber music.
Moritz Küstner
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