Conductor

Kyunghun Kim joined the Adelphi Orchestra in 2022 and currently serves as the Principal Conductor. He is also the Music Director of the Bergen Youth Orchestra and the RSO. Mr. Kim frequently appears as a guest conductor with major South Korean orchestras, including the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, the SungNam Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Korean Chamber Orchestra. He recently made his debut with the WE Philharmonic Orchestra at the renowned Lotte Concert Hall in South Korea, conducting two sold-out concerts. Mr. Kim also serves on the music faculty at Lehman College in New York, where he teaches string instruments and conducts the Lehman College Chamber Orchestra. Additionally, he holds the position of Orchestra Director for the Music and Medicine Initiative at Cornell Medical Center. Mr. Kim has previously held positions as Principal Associate Conductor of Ensemble 212, Resident Conductor of the Chelsea Symphony Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor for both the Greenwich Village Orchestra and the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble. He has also conducted the Vidin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Before graduating from the Juilliard School in 2011 with a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting under James DePriest, Mr. Kim was an Assistant Conductor of AXIOM, a contemporary music ensemble at Juilliard, and conducted the school’s Music Advancement Program (MAP) Orchestra from 2009 to 2011. Prior to this, he earned an Artist Diploma in Conducting in 2007 from the Curtis Institute of Music, studying under Otto-Werner Mueller, where he served as Assistant Conductor for various opera projects.Mr. Kim has participated in numerous prestigious music festivals and master classes, including a Kurt Masur conducting seminar, the Wiener Meisterkurse, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and the Pierre Monteux School, studying with notable conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, and Marin Alsop. In June 2013, he was selected as a semifinalist in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Sir Georg Solti International Conducting Competition & Apprenticeship.Born in Seoul, South Korea, Mr. Kim began his piano and violin studies at the age of five. He continued his education at the Boston Conservatory, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in viola performance. Mr. Kim currently resides in New Jersey with his wife and two children.