Violinist Michelle Kim, born in Seoul, South Korea, moved to the United States with her family at the age of 11 and began her violin studies. As a senior at Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Ms. Kim became a Presidential Scholar, one of our Nation’s highest honors for high school students. She continued her studies with Robert Lipsett at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music where she was distinguished as a Starling Foundation Scholar.  Ms. Kim considers Heiichiro Ohyama and Henry Gronnier her mentors.
Ms. Kim joined the New York Philharmonic in 2001 as Assistant Concert-master, and holds The William Petschek family chair. Since joining the New York Philharmonic, she has enjoyed an active career as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, New Jersey Symphony, and the Pacific Symphony, as well as various orchestras in Korea and abroad.
As an active chamber musician, Ms. Kim has collaborated with artists including Cho Liang Lin, Christian Tetzlaff, Pinchas Zukerman, Mstislav Rostropovich, Lynn Harrell, Gary Hoffman, Lang Lang, Jean Yves Thibaudet, Alisa Weilerstein, and Yefim Bronfman. She has performed at numerous festivals including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Chamber Music Festival, Strings in the Mountain, and Bravo! Vail. Ms. Kim has also served as the first violinist of the Rossetti String Quartet. In 2021 he was recently the featured violin soloist at the Pyeongchang World Peace Forum at the invitation of the government of South Korea and with the Apollo Orchestra in Washington, DC.
In 2024 Ms. Kim will appear as soloist and Concertmaster for the KBS World Union Orchestra Concert in Seoul, Korea, which will be a combined orchestra from members of the New York, Berlin, and Vienna Philharmonics, and the KBS and Seoul Symphony Orchestras. 
Ms. Kim is currently on the violin faculties of the Mannes School of Music, New York University, and Shanghai Orchestra Academy. Previous teaching positions include USC/Thornton School of Music, the Colburn School for Performing Arts in California, and UC Santa Barbara.