Jessy Kim

Jessy Kim joined the violin section of the National Arts Centre Orchestra in 2024. She is a graduate of the Glenn Gould School, the University of Toronto and the Yale School of Music, and played with the Nashville Symphony for the 2024-2025 season. Jessy has studied with Ani Kavafian, Jonathan Crow, Barry Shiffman, and Paul Kantor. Originally from Seoul, South Korea, she spent her childhood in Vancouver, BC, studying violin with Lawrie Hill at the Vancouver Academy of Music. Jessy has won numerous awards and scholarships, including​ the Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Grant, the Yale Oneppo Chamber Music Prize and the Sylva Gelber Award. Her performance highlights include appearances with the Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Northwest, the Vancouver Pilgrim Orchestra, the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber Symphony, the Guelph Symphony Orchestra, the Aspen Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.