Michael Kim

Michael Kim (born 1968) is a Canadian concert pianist and professor. He is currently the Dean of the Don Wright Faculty of Music at Western University in London, Ontario and has held the position since August 2021. He was also Dean of the School of Music at Brandon University

In 2001, while faculty member at Lawrence University, Kim married fellow pianist Kyung Kim (Park) who was also a piano faculty member there.

In 2008, Kim was appointed Dean of the School of Music at Brandon University, a position he held until 2015. He also continued to perform solo recitals.

Michael and Kyung Kim collaborate frequently as a duo, especially in one piano four hand repertoire. In 2017 the couple performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. That year Kim also performed as part of the play Nadia, in which he emulated various composers who had been students of Nadia Boulanger.

Discography Ballads of Grieg and Chopin Orpheum Masters KSP840 Live in Recital (works by Chopin, Stravinsky & Mussorgsky) Orpheum Masters KSP850 Music of Franz Liszt Orpheum Masters KSP880 Chamber Works – Camille Saint-Saëns with the Banff Camerata Summit Records DCD 157 A La Par with the Lawrence Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble CRI CD 823 Wednesdays at Winspear Arktos Recordings Limited W@W200402