CAG Presents Clarinetist Yoonah Kim

Concert Artists Guild announces that clarinetist Yoonah Kim, Winner of the 2016 CAG Competition, will give her Weill Recital Hall debut on Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30pm. Together with pianist Mariko Furukawa, Yoonah performs works by Bernstein, Poulenc, Brahms, and the world premiere of fumarole entombed by Andrew Hsu. This work was commissioned by CAG with the generous support of the Adele and John Gray Endowment Fund.

The full program is:

Jörg Widmann: Fantasie for Solo Clarinet (1993)

Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera

Andrew Hsu: fumarole entombed (2018)

Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E-flat Major

The first solo clarinetist to win the CAG Competition in nearly 30 years, Yoonah Kim joins the ranks of prominent solo clarinetists discovered by CAG, including David Shifrin, Michael Collins, and David Krakauer. Yoonah became the first woman to win first prize at the Vandoren Emerging Artist Competition in 2016. She is also a member of Ensemble Connect, a highly selective two-year fellowship program under the joint auspices of Carnegie Hall, The Weill Institute, and The Juilliard School.

Since 1951, Concert Artists Guild has helped more than 500 young musicians launch concert careers. Winners of CAG's annual competition receive comprehensive management support, including a debut recital on the CAG Presents Series at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, concert bookings, opportunities through the CAG Commissioning Program and CAG Records label, marketing, publicity, and mentorship. Notable alumni artists include violinists Ani Kavafian and Jennifer Koh, soprano Martina Arroyo, pianist Barry Douglas, clarinetists David Krakauer and David Shifrin, flutists Carol Wincenc and Marina Piccinini, Imani Winds, Grammy-winning ensembles Eighth Blackbird, Pacifica and Parker String Quartets and MacArthur Fellow Claire Chase.