First Violin
Clowes Family Associate Concertmaster
Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle as “astoundingly gifted,” violinist Helen Kim enjoys a versatile career as performer and teacher. She has been the Associate Concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony since the 2022/2023 season and served as the Associate Principal Second Violin of the San Francisco Symphony from 2016 to 2022.
In recent seasons, Kim has made solo appearances with the St. Louis Symphony, the Seattle Symphony and the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, and performed concertos under conductors Peter Oundjian, Jun Märkl and Nicholas McGegan, among others. She is a dedicated interpreter of contemporary music and has performed works such as Salvatorre Sciarrino’s Sei Capricci on San Francisco Symphony’s Soundbox Series as well as Pierre Boulez’s Anthèmes II and Morton Feldman’s evening-length For John Cage on the Pulitzer Arts Foundation’s contemporary music series. Kim lives in Seattle with her husband and two sons.
