Jungho Kim

A Violinist and Conductor from a family of philosophers and teachers in Korea, Jungho Kim is a graduate from College-Conservatory of Music at University of Cincinnati where he earned his master's degrees both in violin performance and in orchestral conducting. Active as a performing violinist, he has conducted numerous concerts in collaboration with the string orchestra Queen City Virtuosi which he is music director/conductor of. The orchestra consists of players from the world-over, including the United States, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and France. He has enjoyed working with soloists such as Anna Vaiman and Dr. Piotr Milewski, among many others. Recently, he has been selected to take part in workshops/Master's Classes with master conductors such as Kurt Mazur and Kenneth Kiesler. Currently he is serving at the Sioux City Symphony as Education Director and is cover-conducting Xian Zhang, with whom he studied conducting in Cincinnati. He is also teaching and conducting in the Youth Orchestra Programs and developing the Early String Program at the Kucinski Academy/Morningside College.