
![]() | DAVID KIM world renowned violinist Violinist David Kim was named Concertmaster of The Philadelphia Orchestra in 1999. Born in Carbondale, Illinois in 1963, he started playing the violin at the age of three, began studies with the famed pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the age of eight and later received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The Juilliard School. Highlights of Mr. Kim’s 2022-23 season include appearing as a soloist with The Philadelphia Orchestra: teaching/performance residencies at Dartmouth College, Georgetown University, and the Australian National Academy of Music in Melbourne, solo appearances with orchestras, recitals, and speaking engagements across the United States. He will continue to appear as concertmaster of the 9-time Emmy Award winning All-Star Orchestra on PBS stations across the USA and online at the Khan Academy. |
| Each season, Mr. Kim appears as a guest in concert with famed modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty at venues such as the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Carnegie Hall. Mr. Kim serves as Distinguished Artist at the Robert McDuffie Center for Strings at Mercer University in Macon. He frequently serves as an adjudicator at international violin competitions such as the Menuhin and Sarasate. Mr. Kim has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from Eastern University in suburban Philadelphia, the University of Rhode Island, and Dickinson College. His instruments are a J.B. Guadagnini from Milan, Italy ca. 1757 on loan from The Philadelphia Orchestra and a Francesco Gofriller ca. 1735. Mr. Kim exclusively performs on and endorses Larsen Strings from Denmark. Mr. Kim resides in a Philadelphia suburb with his family. He is an avid golfer and outdoorsman. | |
| ELIZABETH HAINEN harpist Elizabeth Hainen has earned an international reputation as one of classical music’s great harp ambassadors. Hailed by the Washington Post for her “unusual presence with silky transparency” and by the New York Times for her “earthy solidarity,” Hainen has thrilled audiences throughout the world with programs showcasing the diversity—and virtuosity—of her modern-day instrument. As Solo Harpist with The Philadelphia Orchestra for over twenty-five years, she has presented numerous featured performances to captivated audiences and has been praised by the Philadelphia Inquirer for “her ability to blend and color the musical line,” and “to find transparency in an almost timeless atmosphere.” In high demand as a guest artist, Ms. Hainen has collaborated with such eminent conductors and musicians as Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Michael Tilson Thomas, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Michael Stern and the Juilliard String Quartet. In addition to The Philadelphia Orchestra, she has appeared as concert soloist with the City of London Sinfonia, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Bulgaria National Radio Orchestra, Mexico State Symphony, and has appeared regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. As an international juror, she has adjudicated for the Baltimore | ![]() |
| International Guitar Competition, Korea International Harp Competition (Seoul) Lily Laskine Competition (Paris), and Suoni d’Arpa (Saluzzo) as well as appearing at festivals in Cartagena (Colombia), OZ (Australia), Lyon & Healy Harptacular (Chicago) and Shanghai Arts Festival (China). Her most recent recording, Home, was described by The Irish Times as “utterly gorgeous.” A champion of new music, Ms. Hainen gave the US, China, European and Australian Premieres of the Nu Shu: Secret Songs of Women, written especially for her by Tan Dun. The world premiere audio and video recording with The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick was released in 2021-22 season. Elizabeth Hainen’s extraordinary progress took her to Indiana University School of Music, where she received Bachelor and Artist Diploma degrees as a student of Susann McDonald. Hainen holds the Maryjane Mayhew Barton Chair in Harp Studies for the Curtis Institute of Music and also serves as Artistic Director for Harp at Boyer School of Music, Temple University. As Founding Artistic Director of the Lyra Society, an organization to promote new works for the harp and educate young harpists, she has provided educational outreach to hundreds of school children in urban Philadelphia. | |








