Eric Kim

Eric began playing the violin at the age of 5 and has since competed in numerous local Eisteddfods, including the Redlands Competition, the Australian String Association Queensland, and the Brisbane Eisteddfod. He currently studies with Natsuko Yoshimoto. Eric earned his AMus with distinction in 2021 and his LMus in 2022. He plays in a string quartet, quintet, and sextet as part of the UQ Chamber Music Program, and his string quartet and quintet were finalists in the 2022 and 2024 Musica Viva's Strike A Chord national chamber music competition. Additionally, he won the Young Instrumentalist Prize in 2024. Eric has also participated in the QYS international tour, performing in world-renowned venues such as the Musikverein. Furthermore, he took part in the 2023 and 2024 National Music Camps with the Australian Youth Orchestra and performed in the Autumn and Winter seasons in 2024 under the batons of Alexandre Bloch and Nicholas Carter.