Alexander Won-Ho Kim

B. 1992, Republic of Korea

Alexander Won-Ho Kim was born in Seoul and grew up in Münster and Zurich. From 2013 to 2022, he studied at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin with Antje Weithaas. From 2019 to 2023, he was also a student at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne with Janine Jansen.

In 2012, he won the Rising Star Award from the Initiativkreis Mönchengladbach and the European Cultural Foundation EUROMUSICALE. In 2014 he was a finalist at the Tonali Grand Prix. In 2019, he won the fourth prize at the International Max Rostal Violin Competition in Berlin.

Alexander Won-Ho Kim has already performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. As a passionate chamber musician, he has already performed at the Rheingau Music Festival, the Heidelberger Frühling and the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, among others.

Repertoire

PRELIMINARY ROUND 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003

Eugène Ysaÿe
Violin Sonata No. 5 in G major, Op. 27

PRELIMINARY ROUND 2
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3

Jenő Hubay
Carmen Fantasy Brillante for Violin and Piano

SEMIFINAL ROUND 1
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218, movement 1 & 2

Béla Bartók
Divertimento, Sz 113 - 3. Allegro assai

SEMIFINAL ROUND 2
Olivier Messiaen
Thème et variations for Violin and Piano, Thème – Modéré

George Benjamin
Three Miniatures for Solo Violin

Joseph Haydn
String Quartet movement

Isang Yun
Li-Na im Garten. Five Pieces for Violin solo, V. The Little Bird

Franz Schubert
Fantasie for Violin and Piano in C major, D. 934

FINAL ROUND
Enno Poppe
Feder (WP)

Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77