YUBEEN KIM - FEBRUARY 7, 2027

The Greater Cleveland Flute Society, in partnership with Baldwin Wallace University, will present a recital and masterclass with Yubeen Kim, principal flute of the San Francisco Symphony, on Sunday, February 7, 2027, at Gamble Auditorium. 

Flutist Yubeen Kim

Recognized worldwide for his musical prowess, achieved First Prize at the ARD

International Music Competition, as well as First Prize at the Prague Spring

International Music Competition, and Second Prize (with no First Prize awarded) at the Concours de Genève. He has also been honored with special awards, including the Audience Prize, Young Audience Prize, and Special Prize. Subsequently, these achievements have opened doors for him to perform concerts across the world.

As a soloist, Kim has been invited to perform at numerous concerts and festivals, including the Prague Spring Festival, Nimus Festival, Bemus Festival, Festival du Jura, Weiwuying International Music Festival, and Tongyeong International Music Festival. He has appeared as a soloist with many prestigious orchestras such as the

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, LA Philharmonic Ensemble, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Bochumer Symphoniker, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, and Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, he performs regularly in Korea with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony

Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Korean National Symphony Orchestra,

Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Chungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ensemble of Tokyo.

He studied at the CNSM de Lyon (Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique et Danse de Lyon) and at the CNSM de Paris (Conservatoire National Supérieur Musique de Paris). He graduated from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin with a Konzertexamen degree.

He has been the Principal Flute of the San Francisco Symphony since January

2024 and served as the Principal Flute at the Konzerthausorchester Berlin from 2016 to 2023. He has collaborated with the renown conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michael Tilson Thomas, Christoph Eschenbach, Iván Fischer, Jaap Van Zweden, Louis Langrée, David Zinman, Eliahu Inbal, Juraj Valčuha, Dmitrij Kitajenko, Philippe Herreweghe, Reinhard Goebel, Andrea Marcon and Myung-whun Chung.

Since September 2024, he has been serving as a Professor of Flute at the San

Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he is passionate about teaching and

mentoring the next generation of musicians. He is dedicated to sharing his vision, knowledge, and experience to help students grow both artistically and as individuals.

He has regularly performed with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra as a guest

Principal Flute. Additionally, he has played live concerts at the Philharmonie Berlin

and recorded the album 'The Berlin Concert' with John Williams for Deutsche

Grammophon.

With a strong passion for developing his discography, he released his highly

acclaimed debut album Poème in 2024 on Sony, devoted to the French flute

repertoire, in collaboration with pianist Do-Hyun Kim. His discography also includes a live recording with Ensemble of Tokyo on Cryston, featuring both of Mozart’s flute concertos, Mozart’s Andante in C major, K. 315, and C. P. E. Bach’s Flute Concerto in D minor.