Duek Woo Kim

Violin

“I usually change my strings once a month when there are a lot of performances. However, I used Il Cannone Gold for about three months, and I still maintained the same sound.”

Duek Woo Kim

Larsen Strings for Violin

About Duek Woo Kim

Chung-Ang University College of Arts Department of Music Orchestral Music Professor.

In the 6th grade of elementary school, Duek Woo went abroad to carry his musical studies in the US and attended preparatory division at the Juilliard School, and graduated from the bachelor’s and master’s programs (accredited by Kang Hyo) with a full scholarship. He joined the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in 2009 and has served as principal second violinist until 2021 under music director maestro Myung Whun Chung, and has lectured at Korea National University of Arts and Seoul National University since 2017.

He is an active soloist, including appearance with most of leading Korean orchestras including Seoul, Busan, Gyeong-gi, Soowon, Gangnam, and Korean Chamber Orchestra. He is also a guest concertmaster of Macao Orchestra, an artistic director of Vivaacell Philharmonic Orchestra in Busan, Korea, a leader of Korean Classical Ensemble, and a principal violinist of Korean Chamber Orchestra in Seoul. As an active chamber musician, Duek Woo is a former member or Quartet Knecht where they released two recordings through Sony Classical, a member of Pro-Arte Chamber Ensemble, Club-M, and Quartet 21. In addition, as a mentor for the Heart to Heart Orchestra, he provided master classes, participated in performances, sponsored scholarships, planned and held two donation concerts, and donated all proceeds to the fruit of love (Social Welfare Community Chest Daegu) and the snail of love, respectively. He is constantly participating in social contribution activities, such as making donations.

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Larsen Strings Il Cannone Gold

Bruch – Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26 (Violin: Duek Woo Kim)

Duek Woo Kim

Duek Woo Kim is Professor of Orchestral Studies in the School of Arts at Chung-Ang University. He is now a Larsen Artist.

Violin

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Il Cannone Gold Review

“Usually, Larsen Strings promotes artists involved with the company.” Duek Woo Kim was not a Larsen Artist when this interview was first published.

“He proved that he was actually purchasing and choosing Il Cannone himself…the reason he emphasises that these such good strings is that finding strings that suit him is as important as choosing an instrument or bow, and maybe more…”