(b. 1987, Almaty).
Austrian composer, born in Kazakhstan, of mostly stage, chamber, vocal, and piano works that have been performed in Asia and Europe.
Mr. Kim studied composition with Vladislav Agafonnikov at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow from 2007–12. He then studied composition with Pierluigi Billone, Beat Furrer and Bernhard Lang at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz from 2013–19.
Among his honours are winner of the competition de la Ville de Boulogne-Billancourt (2014), the Musikförderungspreis der Stadt Graz (2015), Erster Preis in the chamber-music competition Franz Schubert und die Musik der Moderne in Graz (2017, for Den gelben Astern ein Lied), Erster Preis in the opera competition Johann-Joseph-Fux in Graz (2018, for Consumnia), co-winner of the opera competition Neue Szene V in Berlin (2019, for unser Vater | Vater unser), the START-Stipendium vom Bundeskanzleramt der Österreichischen Regierung (2020), and a scholarship from the Akademie Musiktheater heute/Stiftung Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt am Main (2019–21, a commission to compose die goldene Platte). His music has been performed in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, Switzerland, and Ukraine.
He is also active in other positions. He served as composer-in-residence to the Ensemble GAM in Moscow in 2013 and was an assistant organiser of the contemporary-music festival Nauryz-XXI in Almaty in 2013–14.
He has been a lecturer at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Graz since 2023.
He lived in Russia from 2007–13. He has lived in Austria since 2013 and became an Austrian citizen in 2024.
SELECT LIST OF WORKS
STAGE:
Consumnia (chamber opera, libretto by Alexander Micheuz), soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, flute (+ bass flute), oboe, clarinet (+ bass clarinet), saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, 2 percussion, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, 2017–18
unser Vater | Vater unser (chamber opera, libretto by Peter Neugschwentner), coloratura soprano, soprano, bass, flute (+ bass flute), oboe, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, 2020–21
die goldene Platte (chamber opera, libretto by Linda Kokkores), soprano, mezzo-soprano, bass-baritone, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute), clarinet (+ A-clarinet, bass clarinet), bass trombone, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, live electronics, 2022
ORCHESTRAL:
Nachklang vom Schnee, piano, large orchestra (8 winds, 10 brass, harp, 3 percussion, 27 violins, 10 violas, 8 cellos, 4 double basses), 2012
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Daegeum sori, flute, 2008
Chwilischtschewski (text by Daniil Kharms), male speaker, flute, cello, piano, percussion, 2012
Gigue, clarinet, trumpet, piano, 2012
Qi II, accordion, 2012
Two children's pieces, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, 2012
Qi III, cello, 2013
In memoriam Georgy Dorokhov, oboe, clarinet, French horn, violin, piano, 2013
Godurae, violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, 2013
Sijo_Book I, 2011–14 (each of its 19 sections may be performed separately, or combined in any sequence, or played simultaneously with other sections: Sijo_290411, bass flute, double bass, 2011; Sijo_270412, thunder sheet, 2012; Sijo_280412; Sijo_020812, accordion, 2012; Sijo_070812, guitar, 2012; Sijo_111112, bass clarinet, 2012; Sijo_170213, trumpet, 2013; Sijo_010313, trombone, 2013; Sijo_260613, cello, 2013; Sijo_050713, any bowed string instrument, 2013–14; Sijo_150913, bass clarinet, cello, piano, 2013; Sijo_211013; Sijo_221013; Sijo_291113, accordion, 2013; Sijo_031213, double bass, 2013 [also version as Sijo_031213b, bass clarinet, 2013]; Sijo_271213, any saxophone, 2013 [also versions by Diego García Pliego for alto saxophone, 2016; Johannes Feuchter for bass clarinet, 2014]; Sijo_211014, bass flute/bass clarinet, 2014 [also version for bass flute, bass clarinet, 2014]; Sijo_031214)
Sleep cycle (improvisation), any 4 or more players (with instruments/objects), 2014
Sac à trois (improvisation), any 3 players, 2014
[the date of premiere] (improvisation; the title of this work is flexible and will be the date on which any performance is given), any number of players, audience, 2014, revised 2018
Ignition, bass flute, bass clarinet, cello, double bass, 2014
Ta fin est mon commencement. Ton commencement est ma fin (improvisation), any 1 or more players, 2015
TS-RDF8K, flute, oboe, saxophone, piano, accordion, double bass, 2015
Sijo_231015 [Apokrif], bass clarinet, 2015
Sijo_241015, trombone, 2015
IL, trombone, 2015
Sijo_271015 [Pearl], saxophone, double bass, piano, 2015–16
Sijo_111115, any wind instrument, piano, 2015–16
Sijo_310516, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, 2016
Sijo_171116 [The face of another], flute, clarinet, saxophone, piano, violin, cello, double bass, 2016–17
Sijo_020517 [Geori], daegeum (transverse flute from the Koreas), piano, 2017
Particle Aggregation I, flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, viola, cello, double bass, 2021
My fake plastic love, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute), clarinet (+ A-clarinet, bass clarinet), saxophone, piano, percussion, violin, viola, cello, double bass, live electronics, 2023
Particle Aggregation III, 3 violas, 2024
VOCAL:
Sijo_211013, voice (with Super Ball), 2013
Den gelben Astern ein Lied (text by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger), female voice/male voice, piano, 2017
Particle Aggregation II, alto, 2021
re:lunaire (text by Alexander Micheuz), soprano/mezzo-soprano, flute (+ piccolo, bass flute), clarinet (+ bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano (+ MIDI-keyboard), live electronics, 2021
Exercices de langue française (text from a French learning manual), bass, 2023
PIANO:
Sijo_280412, 2012 (section of Sijo_Book I; may be performed separately, or combined in any sequence, or played simultaneously with other sections)
Sijo_221013, 2013 (section of Sijo_Book I; may be performed separately, or combined in any sequence, or played simultaneously with other sections)
Sijo_031214, piano (with EBow), 2014 (section of Sijo_Book I; may be performed separately, or combined in any sequence, or played simultaneously with other sections)