Flutist Jungah Yoon and pianist Kay Kim perform works by Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber and César Franck, live from the Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist, Chicago.
Jungah Yoon gave her debut recital at the age of ten after being selected as a Kumho prodigy. She is a laureate of numerous competitions, including the Seattle Young Artist Competition, Australian Flute Festival Competition, Donald Peck Competition, and Osaka International Competition. She has appeared as a soloist with the Yale Philharmonia after winning the Woolsey Hall Concerto Competition and was invited to the 2015 Prague Spring International Music Festival Competition.
Currently, Jungah is a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and a substitute flutist for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony in Miami. As a chamber musician, she has performed in the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and was a 2024 quarterfinalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition.
Pianist Kay Kim is an accomplished chamber musician who performs regularly across the U.S. and internationally. She has collaborated with members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paris Opera Orchestra, and Chicago Chamber Musicians, as well as recipients of the Stradivari Society Award and faculty from institutions such as Juilliard, Northwestern, and Indiana University. For over two decades, she has been the primary pianist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s conductor/soloist rehearsals, working with luminaries like Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Bernard Haitink, Yo-Yo Ma, and Joyce DiDonato. In 2014, she performed in CSO subscription concerts curated by Pierre Boulez.
Ms. Kim has appeared at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Weill Hall, Ravinia Festival, and the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series. She has also participated in the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center and the Grant Park Music Festival. Her performance with Itzhak Perlman was featured on CBS’s Early Show. As part of Trio Chicago and Friends, she toured over 20 countries, promoting American classical music through a U.S. State Department initiative.
