News – Chaerin Kim

November 2024

Dr. Chaerin Kim was interviewed by the WGTE Public Media Radio! Listen to her interview here!

July 2024

Dr. Kim is invited to be an orchestra conductor in residence in Estonia!

June 2024

Dr. Kim is invited to be the Voting Member of the Recording Academy who determines the winners and nominees for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, US | 2024 – 2028

Her music is plan to be aired in WLRH Huntsville Public Radio, and Texas Public Radio where she is also invited to have an interview at a live show “Classical Connections”!

Her several harp ensemble compositions are planned to be premiered in Texas next June!

May 2024

Dr. Chaerin Kim was interviewed by the WGCU Public Media Radio! Listen to her interview here!

Her orchestra composition Rendezvous is invited to have its European Premiere this July in Estonia!

New music festival in Nebraska invited Dr.Kim for her compositions to have World Premiere this fall!

April 2024

Dr. Chaerin Kim was interviewed by the Royal Holloway Radio! Listen to her interview here!

Dr. Kim is invited to be a judge for the World Championship of Performing Arts in Hollywood this June 30-July 6, and she is invited to give masterclasses as a Piano and Harp Faculty at the International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania this summer!

March 2024

Dr. Chaerin Kim was interviewed by the WGTE Public Media! Listen to her interview here!

Dr. Kim got four certificates this month!

University of Cambridge, UK – Learning and Memory in the Brain | 2024 View
University of Cambridge, UK – The Neuropsychology of Decision Making | 2024 View
Harvard University, USA – Remote Work Revolution for Everyone | 2024 View
The University of Adelaide, Australia – Music Technology Foundations | 2024 View

February 2024

Dr. Kim was elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Associateship is awarded to alumni of the Royal Academy who have distinguished themselves in the music profession and made a significant contribution in their particular field.

Dr. Kim got nine certificates this month!

Harvard University, USA – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony and the 19th Century Orchestra | 2024 View
Harvard University, USA – Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique and Program Music in the 19th Century | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Copyright Law in the Music Business | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Music For Wellness: An Integrative Approach | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Creativity & Entrepreneurship | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Building Your Career in Music: Developing a Brand and Funding | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Introduction to the Music Business | 2024 View
Berklee College of Music, USA – Music Business: Industry Essentials | 2024 View
University of California, USA – Nutrition and Healthy Living | 2024 View

January 2023

Dr. Kim got two certificates this month!

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA – World Music: Global Rhythms | 2024 View
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA – World Music: Balinese Rhythms | 2024 View

December 2023

Dr. Kim has six upcoming projects. She will conduct the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela in a world premiere concert while performing as a soloist, playing 2 instruments. Also, she will perform Reinhold Glière Harp Concerto with Orchestra Filarmonica Campana in Italy.

For summer 2024, she is invited to judge at the World Championships of Performing Arts in Hollywood, invited as a piano and harp faculty to give masterclasses in the International Music Festival in Bucharest, Romania, and conduct the Tallin Philharmonic -the festival orchestra at the International Music Festival in Estonia, in addition to holding a piano and harp faculty position.

January 2021

January 20: Dr. Chaerin Kim was interviewed by the WCPE Classical Station! Listen to her interview here!
January 22: Dr. Chaerin Kim was invited to be a professor at the Schloss Akademie in Germany. She was also invited to be an artist at the TTF Entertainment Company in China!
Throughout 2021 and 2028, Dr. Chaerin Kim is invited to judge 105 times for 44 international competitions, in the U.S. (Hollywood, New York, Boston, Califonia, LA, Atlanta, Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, Tennessee), UK, Canada, Australia, Italy (Rome, Sicily), Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Austria, Serbia, Ukraine, Russia, Estonia, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Spain, and Germany!

September 2020

September 28: Chaerin was announced as a winner of the Future Classic Women Awards 2020! Listen to Winner’s Interview here!

June 2020

June 8: Chaerin had an interview with the WCPE Classical Station (US), where they aired several tracks from “A Dedicated Poem” and “Mellifluous.”

May 2020

May 18: Chaerin was nominated for the “Future Classic Women Awards” with Air Interview by London Radio Station. Listen to her interview here!

April 2020

April 10: Chaerin goes virtual, with her albums going public on Spotify, Youtube Music, and Apple Music!

July 2019

July 27: Invited to give a Piano Masterclass at the Strings Music Academy, India!
July 28: Invited to give a Piano Masterclass at Madras College, India!
July 29: Invited to give a Piano and Harp Masterclass at KM Music College, India!
July 31: Invited to be a visiting piano professor at Madras College, India!

November 2018

November 16: Invited to be a soloist with the University of Massachusetts Boston Orchestra, performing the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2, and her composition “Rendezvous” had its world premiere on the same stage!

June 2018

June 1: Invited to give a Piano Masterclass at Layola College, India!

September 2014

September 10: Chaerin was invited to be a soloist with the University of Massachusetts Boston Orchestra, performing Debussy’s Danses!

August 2014

August 20: Chaerin was invited to be a soloist with the Boston Chamber Orchestra, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2!

January 2014

January 20: Chaerin was invited to be a member of the piano faculty at University of Massachusetts Boston!

August 2012

August 31: Chaerin was invited to be the harp ensemble conductor at BKS!

July 2012

July 19: Chaerin recorded Dr. David Patterson’s “The Spin.” The CD was released under the Albany Records the following spring and is now available on S potify!
July 21: The Silversound Orchestra had an article in the Quincy Sun Newspaper featuring Chaerin!

October 2011

October 3: Chaerin was invited to be a member of the Harp Faculty at Eastern Nazarene College!

September 2011

September 9: Chaerin was invited to be the ensemble director and composition/piano teacher at Beechwood Knoll Elementary School!

July 2011

July 1: Chaerin was invited to be a member of the Harp Faculty at the Youth and Muse International Music Festival!

February 2011

February 13: Chaerin was invited to be a member of the Harp Faculty at the Georgian Court University in New Jersey!
February 24: Chaerin was invited to be a member of the Harp Faculty at the University of Massachusetts Boston!

October 2010

October 1: Chaerin was invited to be the executive director at the New Star Community Art School!

September 2010

September 23: Chaerin was invited to be the principal harpist of the Thailand Philharmonic and to join the harp faculty at Mahidol University!

June 2010

June 1: Chaerin is teaching undergraduate students at Harvard University through the Office of Arts Program!
June 26: Chaerin is invited to be a member of the jury for the “Heeman Care Center Orchestra Auditions” in Korea!

May 2010

May 23: Chaerin gave a testimony at the Kwang-ju Dong San Church in Korea!

February 2010

February 2: Chaerin releases her first album of the Live Concert Collection, tilted “A Dedicated Poem,” on her parent’s 33rd wedding anniversary.
Read more about the album on her page here!

November 2009

November 16: Chaerin was invited to be the Chair of the Harp Department and a member of the Piano Faculty at South Shore Conservatory!

October 2009

October 5: Chaerin has been invited to be the Piano Faculty at “Adagio Music Academy!”

September 2009

September 16: Chaerin became the Founder and Artistic Directior of the USA International Music Competition!
September 30: Chaerin has been invited to be the Head of the Harp Faculty at Adagio Music Academy!

March 2009

March 30: Chaerin was appointed as the “Education Consultant” of the Musical Journey II!

May 2007

May 17: Composer Ivana Lisak wrote the “Harp Concerto” for Chaerin!

Ivana Lisak, composer, pianist.
A native of Croatia, Ivana Lisak has dedicated herself equally to both composing and performing. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Piano Performance in 1996 from the Music Academy of the University of Zagreb, Croatia, Ms. Lisak accepted a scholarship from Berklee College of Music and came to Boston to study composition and film scoring. Soon after her arrival, Ms. Lisak established herself as a distinguished performer: in 1998, Ms. Lisak won the Berklee Concerto Competition with her performance of Igor Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Winds, in 2000 she was the featured soloist for the “13th Annual All America Hall of Fame.” She also performed with Ensemble L’Eclectique (Boston Symphony performers) on a world premiere of Vuk Kulenovic’s new composition, “Pictures for an Exhibition” (2000).

In 2002 Ms. Lisak continued her studies at Boston University and in 2007 she earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Theory and Composition. She debuted as a composer in December of 2002 when her piano sonata was premiered at Weill Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York. Since then she tirelessly works on commissions, her last being a “Fairy Tale Concerto for Harp and Orchestra” written for a prominent harpist Chaerin Kim. Her composition teachers include Lukas Foss, Theodore Antoniou, John McDonald, Ketty Nez, and Vuk Kulenovic,. Ms. Lisak studied piano with Vladimir Krpan (Croatia), Konstantin Bogino (Italy), Stephany Tiernan (Boston), and jazz with legendary performer Joanne Brackeen (Boston).

During her studies, Ms. Lisak was presented with numerous awards for her compositions as well as for her performances. The Clear Note Publishing Company has published her guitar piece called “Lament for the Lost Moment,” written for a Grammy nominated guitarist Apostolos Paraskevas. Currently, Ms. Lisak lives and works in Boston where she holds a position of Assistant Professor of Composition at Berklee College of Music and she also teaches at Harvard University.

Ivana Comments:
“I have known Chaerin for several years now and throughout those years I have had a pleasure to continuously witness her remarkable accomplishments as a performer, as well as to discover and be blessed with her caring and warm personality as a friend. As a composer, I have had great luck to have the opportunity for my music to be interpreted by such a high quality performer. She has been a great inspiration to me as I have written my first significant concerto for her. She has premiered my “Fairy Tale Concerto for Harp and Orchestra” in September in 2007 with extraordinary accuracy, vigor and passion. Through our numerous meetings to discuss my composition, I gained an insight into her exceptional analytical skills and great curiosity towards music theory. Her open-mind toward contemporary music, enthusiasm and unusually keen understanding of the composers’ creative process makes her irreplaceable interpreter of the new music among the composers.”

For Music of the Fairy Tale Harp Concerto, contact Dr. Lisak: ivlisak@gmail.com