Earl Kim

Early life, education, and training Kim was born on January 6, 1920, in Dinuba, California, to immigrant Korean parents. He began piano studies at age 9, studying under Homer Grun, After the war, he returned to study at UC Berkeley under Ernest Bloch, and Roger Sessions;

In 1971 and 1972, Kim collaborated with his wife dancer Mimi Kagan on the work "Exercises en Route", which toured and featured text by Samuel Beckett, and soprano soloist performer Benita Valente.

His art songs have been performed by Bethany Beardslee, Karol Bennett, Merja Sargon, Benita Valente,

He died on November 19, 1998, of lung cancer at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the age of 78. and Martha Potter (in 1977); and he had two daughters.

Discography Where grief slumbers. Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Elektra Nonesuch 79262-2 Ophelia. Margit Kern, accordion; Deutschlandfunk/Genuin GEN 13267 Two Bagatelles. Robert Helps, piano; Composers Recordings, Inc. CRI CD 874 Earthlight. Merja Sargon, soprano; Martha Potter, violin. New World Records NW 237 Exercises en route; Now and Then; Three Poems in French; Dear Linda. Benita Valente, soprano; Karol Bennett, soprano; Eva Kim, narrator; Metamorphosen Chamber Ensemble, Scott Yoo, conductor. New World Records 80561-2 Violin Concerto; Dialogues, for Piano and Orchestra; Cornet, for Narrator and Orchestra. Cecylia Arzewski, violin; William Wolfram, piano; Robert Kim, narrator; RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; Scott Yoo, conductor. Naxos 8.559226 Three Poems in French. Lucy Shelton, soprano; Mendelssohn String Quartet; BIS SACD-1264 Violin Concerto. Itzhak Perlman, violin, The Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor. His Master's Voice 067 EL 27 0051 1; and Angel Records DS-38011