Kim So-hyun, Head of the Arts Business Division at the Tongyeong International Music Foundation, was elected as a new director of the World Federation of International Music Competitions (WFIMC), the Tongyeong International Music Foundation announced on the 21st.
Kim So-hyun was elected as a new director at the regular general meeting held from the 7th to the 9th in Parma, Italy.
WFIMC is an organization under UNESCO headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It includes world-renowned competitions such as the Chopin Competition, and membership in WFIMC is considered an important criterion for assessing the level of a competition.
In Korea, the Yoon Isang International Music Competition was the first to join WFIMC in 2006, followed by the Seoul International Music Competition and Jeju International Wind Ensemble Competition in 2009. At this general meeting, the Daegu International Vocal Competition was also approved as a new member. The Tongyeong International Music Foundation hosted the WFIMC regular general meeting in Tongyeong in 2014, coinciding with the opening of the Tongyeong International Music Hall. Florian Leim, who was the foundation’s representative at the time, is currently serving as the Secretary-General of WFIMC.
Kim Sohyun, Head of Arts Business Division at Tongyeong International Music Foundation [Photo by Tongyeong International Music Foundation]
Kim So-hyun majored in piano and completed a master's degree in arts administration at Boston University in the United States. Since 2006, she has been involved with the Tongyeong International Music Festival and the Yoon Isang International Music Competition. She currently serves as the Head of the Arts Business Division at the Tongyeong International Music Foundation, a director of the TIMF Ensemble, and a director of the Korea Performing Arts Management Association.
The Yoon Isang International Music Competition, a core project of the Tongyeong International Music Foundation, was launched in 2003 to honor the music of the world-renowned composer Yoon Isang and to discover and nurture promising next-generation musicians. The competition alternates annually among three categories?cello, piano, and violin?around November 3, the anniversary of Yoon Isang’s passing. This year, the violin category is scheduled to be held, and applications are currently being accepted.
Past laureates of the Yoon Isang International Music Competition include pianists Kim Da-sol (2005), Yoon Hong-chun (2008), and Lim Yoon-chan (2019); cellists Lee Sang-eun and Lee Jung-hyun (2018), Han Jae-min (2022); and violinists Jo Jin-joo (2011) and Song Ji-won (2017).
The Yoon Isang International Music Competition has also consistently produced foreign winners such as Narek Hakhnazaryan (2006, cello), who won the Tchaikovsky Competition; Sofia Guliak (2008, piano), who won the Leeds Competition; and Yutien Cheng (2011, violin), solidifying its position as a leading international music competition representing Asia.
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